Compositions and methods for inhibiting expression of the pcsk9 gene

ABSTRACT

The invention relates to a double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) for inhibiting the expression of the PCSK 9  gene (PCSK 9  gene), comprising an antisense strand having a nucleotide sequence which is less that  30  nucleotides in length, generally  19 - 25  nucleotides in length, and which is substantially complementary to at least a part of the PCSK 9  gene. The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the dsRNA together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier; methods for treating diseases caused by PCSK 9  gene expression and the expression of the PCSK 9  gene using the pharmaceutical composition; and

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/799,458, filed May 11, 2006; U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/817,203, filed Jun. 21, 2006; U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/840,089, filed Aug. 25, 2006; U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/829,914, filed Oct. 18, 2006; and U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/901,134, filed Feb. 13, 2007. The contents of all of these provisional applications are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

This invention relates to double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA), and its use in mediating RNA interference to inhibit the expression of the PCSK9 gene and the use of the dsRNA to treat pathological processes which can be mediated by down regulating PCSK9, such as hyperlipidemia.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin 9 (PCSK9) is a member of the subtilisin serine protease family. The other eight mammalian subtilisin proteases, PCSK1-PCSK8 (also called PC1/3, PC2, furin, PC4, PC5/6, PACE4, PC7, and S1P/SKI-1) are proprotein converges that process a wide variety of proteins in the secretory pathway and play roles in diverse biological processes (Bergeron, F. (2000) J. Mol. Endocrinol. 24, 1-22, Gensberg, K., (1998) Semin. Cell Dev. Biol. 9, 11-17, Seidah, N. G. (1999) Brain Res. 848, 45-62, Taylor, N. A., (2003) FASEB J. 17, 1215-1227, and Zhou, A., (1999) J. Biol. Chem. 274, 20745-20748). PCSK9 has been proposed to play a role in cholesterol metabolism. PCSK9 mRNA expression is down-regulated by dietary cholesterol feeding in mice (Maxwell, K, N., (2003) J. Lipid Res. 44, 2109-2119), up-regulated by statins in HepG2 cells (Dubuc, G., (2004) Arterioscler. Thromb. Vase. Biol. 24, 1454-1459), and up-regulated in sterol regulatory element binding protein (SREBF) transgenic mice (Horton, J, D., (2003) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100, 12027-12032), similar to the cholesterol biosynthetic enzymes and the low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR). Furthermore, PCSK9 missense mutations have been found to be associated with a form of autosomal dominant hypercholesterolemia (Hchola3) (Abifadel, M., et at (2003) Nat. Genet, 34, 154-156, Timms, K. M., (2004) Hum. Genet 114, 349-353, Leren, T. P. (2004) Clin. Genet. 65, 419-422), PCSK9 may also play a role in determining LDL cholesterol levels in the general population, because single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been associated with cholesterol levels in a Japanese population (Shioji, K., (2004) J. Hum. Genet. 49, 109-114).

Autosomal dominant hypercholesterolemias (ADHs) are monogenic diseases in which patients exhibit elevated total and LDL cholesterol levels, tendon xanthomas, and premature atherosclerosis (Rader, D. J., (2003) J. Clin. Invest. 111, 1795-1803). The pathogenesis of ADHs and a recessive form, autosomal recessive hypercholesterolemia (ARH) (Cohen, J. C., (2003) Curr. Opin. Lipidol. 14, 121-127), is due to defects in LDL uptake by the liver, ARH may be caused by LDLR mutations, which prevent LDL uptake, or by mutations in the protein on LDL, apolipoprotein B, which binds to the LDLR. ARH is caused by mutations in the ARM protein that are necessary for endocytosis of the LDLR-LDL complex via its interaction with clathrin. Therefore, if PCSK9 mutations are causative in Hchola3 families, it seems likely that PCSK9 plays a role in receptor-mediated LDL uptake.

Overexpression studies point to a role for PCSK9 in controlling LDLR levels and, hence, LDL uptake by the liver (Maxwell K. N. (2004) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101, 7100-7105, Benjannet, S., et al. (2004) J. Biol. Chem. 279, 48865-18875, Park, S. W., (2004) J. Biol. Chem. 279, 50630-50638). Adenoviral-mediated overexpression of mouse or human PCSK9 for 3 or 4 days in mice results in elevated total and LDL cholesterol levels; this effect is not seen in LDLR knockout animals (Maxwell K. N. (2004) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101, 7100-7105, Benjannet, S., et al. (2904) J. Biol. Chem. 279, 48865-48875, Park, S. W., (2004) J. Biol. Chem. 279, 50630-50638). In addition, PCSK9 overexpression results in a severe reduction in hepatic LDLR protein, without affecting IDLE mRNA levels, SREBP protein levels, or SREBP protein nuclear to cytoplasmic ratio. These results indicate that PCSK9, either directly or indirectly, reduces LDLR protein levels by a post transcriptional mechanism

Loss of function mutations in PCSK9 have been designed in mouse models (Rashid et al., (2005) PNAS, 102, 5374-5379, and identified in human individuals Cohen et al., (2005), Nature Genetics., 37.161-165. In both cases loss of PCSK9 function lead to lowering of total and LDLc cholesterol. In a retrospective outcome study over 15 years, loss of one copy of PCSK9 was shown to shift LDLc lower and to lead to an increased risk-benefit protection from developing cardiovascular heart disease (Cohen et al. 2006 N. Engl. J. Med., 354, 1264-1272.). Clearly the evidence to date indicates that lowering of PCSK9 levels will lower LDLc.

Recently, double-stranded RNA molecules (dsRNA) have been shown to block gene expression in a highly conserved regulatory mechanism known as RNA interference (RNAi), WO 99/32619 (Fire et al.) discloses the use of a dsRNA of at least 25 nucleotides in length to inhibit the expression of genes in C. elegans. dsRNA has also been shown to degrade target RNA in other organisms, including plants (see, e.g., WO 99/53050, Waterhouse et al.; and WO 99/61631. Heifetz et al.), Drosophila (see, e.g., Yang, D., et al., Curr. Biol. (2000) 10:1191-1200), and mammals (see WO 00/44895, Limmer; and DE 101 00 586.5, Kreutzer et al). This natural mechanism has now become the focus for the development of a new class of pharmaceutical agents for treating disorders that are caused by the aberrant or unwanted regulation of a gene.

Despite significant advances in the field of RNAi and advances in the treatment of pathological processes which can be mediated by down regulating PCSK9 gene expression, there remains a need for agents that can inhibit PCSK9 gene expression and that can treat diseases associated with PCSK9 gene expression such as hyperlipidemia.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The invention provides a solution to the problem of treating diseases that can be modulated by down regulating the proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin 9 (PCSK9) by using double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) to silence PCSK9 expression.

The invention provides double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA), as well as compositions and methods for inhibiting the expression of the PCSK9 gene in a cell or mammal using such dsRNA. The invention also provides compositions and methods for treating pathological conditions that, can modulated by down regulating the expression of the PCSK9 gene, such as hyperlipidemia. The dsRNA of the invention comprises an RNA strand (the antisense strand) having a region which is less than 30 nucleotides in length, generally 19-24 nucleotides in length, and is substantially complementary to at least part of an mRNA transcript of the PCSK9 gene.

In one embodiment, the invention provides double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) molecules for inhibiting the expression of the PCSK9 gene. The dsRNA comprises at least two sequences that are complementary to each other. The dsRNA comprises a sense strand comprising a first sequence and an antisense strand comprising a second sequence. The antisense strand comprises a nucleotide sequence which is substantially complementary to at least part of an mRNA encoding PCSK9, and the region of complementarity is less than 30 nucleotides in length, generally 19-24 nucleotides in length. The dsRNA, upon contacting with a cell expressing the PCSK9, inhibits the expression of the PCSK9 gene by at least 40%.

For example, the dsRNA molecules of the invention can be comprised of a first sequence of the dsRNA that, is selected from the group consisting of the sense sequences of Table 1 and Table 2 the second sequence is selected from the group consisting of the antisense sequences of Tables 1 and Table 2. The dsRNA molecules of the invention can be comprised of naturally occurring nucleotides or can be comprised of at least one modified nucleotide, such as a 2′-O-methyl modified nucleotide, a nucleotide comprising a 5′-phosphorothioate group, and a terminal nucleotide linked to a cholesteryl derivative. Alternatively, the modified nucleotide may be chosen from the group of: a 2′-deoxy-2′-fluoro modified nucleotide, a 2′-deoxy-modified nucleotide, a locked nucleotide, an abasic nucleotide, 2′-amino-modified nucleotide, 2′-alkyl-modified nucleotide, morpholino nucleotide, a phosphoramidate, and a non-natural base comprising nucleotide. Generally, such modified sequence will be based on a first sequence of said dsRNA selected from the group consisting of the sense sequences of Tables 1 and Table 2 and a second sequence selected from the group consisting, of the antisense sequences of Tables 1, and Table 2.

In another embodiment, the invention provides a cell comprising one of the dsRNAs of the invention. The cell is generally a mammalian cell, such as a human cell.

in another embodiment, the invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for inhibiting the expression of the PCSK9 gene in an organism, generally a human subject, comprising one or more of the dsRNA of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or delivery vehicle.

In another embodiment, the invention provides a method for inhibiting the expression of the PCSK9 gene in a cell, comprising the following steps:

-   -   (a) introducing into the cell a double-stranded ribonucleic acid         (dsRNA), wherein the dsRNA comprises at least two sequences that         are complementary to each, other. The dsRNA comprises a sense         strand comprising a first sequence and an antisense strand         comprising a second sequence. The antisense strand comprises a         region of complementarity which is substantially complementary         to at least a part of a mRNA encoding PCSK9, and wherein the         region of complementarity is less than 30 nucleotides in length,         generally 19-24 nucleotides in length, and wherein the dsRNA,         upon contact with a cell expressing the PCSK9, inhibits         expression of the PCSK9 gene by at least 40%; and     -   (b) maintaining the cell produced in step (a) for a time         sufficient to obtain degradation of the mRNA transcript of the         PCSK9 gene, thereby inhibiting expression of the PCSK9 gene in         the cell.

In another embodiment, the invention provides methods for treating, preventing or managing pathological processes which can be mediated by down regulating PCSK9 gene expression, e.g. hyperlipidemia, comprising administering to a patient in need of such treatment, prevention or management a therapeutically or prophylactically effective amount of one or more of the dsRNAs of the invention.

In another embodiment, the invention provides vectors for inhibiting the expression of the PCSK9 gene in a cell, comprising a regulatory sequence operably linked to a nucleotide sequence that encodes at least one strand of one of the dsRNA of the invention.

In another embodiment, the invention provides a cell comprising a vector for inhibiting the expression of the PCSK9 gene in a cell. The vector comprises a regulatory sequence operably linked to a nucleotide sequence mat encodes at least one strand of one of the dsRNA of the invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

FIG. 1 shows the structure of the ND-98 lipid.

FIG. 2 shows the results of the in vivo screen of 16 mouse specific (AL-DP-9327 through AL-DP-9342) PCSK9 siRNAs directed against different ORF regions of PCSK9 mRNA (having the first nucleotide corresponding to the ORF position indicated on the graph) in C57/BL6 mice (5 animals/group). The ratio of PCSK9 mRNA to GAPDH mRNA in liver lysates was averaged over each treatment group and compared to a control group treated with PBS or a control group treated with an unrelated siRNA (blood coagulation factor VII).

FIG. 3 shows the results of the in vim screen of 16 human/mouse/rat crossreactive (AL-DP-9311 through AL-DP-9326) PCSK9 siRNAs directed against different ORF regions of PCSK9 mRNA (having the first nucleotide corresponding to the ORF position indicated on the graph) in C57/BL6 mice (5 animals/group). The ratio of PCSK9 mRNA, to GAPDH mRNA in liver lysates was averaged over each treatment group and compared to a control group treated with PBS or a control group treated with an unrelated siRNA (blood coagulation factor VII).

Silencing of PCSK9 mRNA resulted in lowering total serum cholesterol levels.

The most efficacious in terms of knocking down PCSK9 message siRNAs showed the most pronounced cholesterol lowering effect (around 20-30%).

FIG. 4 shows the results of the in vivo screen of 16 mouse specific (AL-DP-9327 through AL-DP-9342) PCSK9 siRNAs in C57/BL6 mice (5 animals/group). Total serum cholesterol levels were averaged over each treatment group and compared to a control group treated with PBS or a control group treated with an unrelated siRNA (blood coagulation factor VII).

FIG. 5 shows the results of the in viva screen of 16 human/mouse/rat crossreactive (AL-DP-9311 through AL-DP-9326) PCSK9 siRNAs in C57/BL6 mice (5 animals/group). Total serum cholesterol levels were averaged over each treatment group and compared to a control group treated with PBS or a control group treated with an unrelated siRNA (blood coagulation factor VII).

FIG. 6 shows a comparison of the in vitro and in vivo results for silencing PCSK9.

FIG. 7A and FIG. 7B show in vitro results for silencing PCSK9 using monkey primary hepatocytes.

FIG. 8 shows in vivo activity of LNP-01 formulated siRNAs to pcsk-9.

FIG. 9 shows in vivo activity of LNP-01 Formulated chemically modified 9314 and 10792 parent molecules at different times. Clearly modified versions of 10792 display in vivo silencing activity.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The invention provides a solution to the problem of treating diseases that can be modulated by the down regulation of the PCSK9 gene, by using double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) to silence the PCSK9 gene thus providing treatment for diseases such as hyperlipidemia.

The invention provides double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA), as well as compositions and methods for inhibiting the expression of the PCSK9 gene in a cell or mammal using the dsRNA. The invention also provides compositions and methods for treating pathological conditions and diseases that can be modulated by down regulating the expression of the PCSK9 gene dsRNA directs the sequence-specific degradation of mRNA through a process known as RNA interference (RNAi).

The dsRNA of die invention comprises an RNA strand (the antisense strand) having a region which is less than 30 nucleotides in length, generally 19-24 nucleotides in length, and is substantially complementary to at least past of an mRNA transcript of the FCSK9 gene. The use of these dsRNAs enables the targeted degradation of an mRNA that is involved in sodium transport. Using cell-based and animal assays, the present inventors have demonstrated that very low dosages of these dsRNA can specifically and efficiently mediate RNAi, resulting in significant inhibition of expression of the PCSK9 gene. Thus, the methods and compositions of the invention comprising these dsRNAs are useful for treating pathological processes which can be mediated by down regulating PCSK9, such as in the treatment of hyperlipidemia.

The following detailed description discloses how to make and use the dsRNA and compositions containing dsRNA to inhibit the expression of the target FCSK9 gene, as well as compositions and methods for treating diseases that can be modulated by down regulating the expression of PCSK9, such as hyperlipidemia. The pharmaceutical compositions of the invention comprise a dsRNA having an antisense strand comprising a region of complementarity which is less than 30 nucleotides in length, generally 19-24 nucleotides in length, and is substantially complementary to at least part of an RNA transcript of the PCSK9 gene, together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

Accordingly, certain aspects of the invention provide pharmaceutical compositions comprising the dsRNA of the invention together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, methods of using the compositions to inhibit expression of the PCSK9 gene, and methods of using the pharmaceutical compositions to treat diseases that can be modulated by down regulating the expression of PCSK9.

I. DEFINITIONS

For convenience, the meaning of certain terms and phrases used in the specification, examples, and appended claims, are provided below. If there is an apparent discrepancy between the usage of a term in other parts of this specification and its definition provided in this section, the definition in this section shall prevail.

“G,” “C,” “A” and “U” each generally stand for a nucleotide that contains guanine, cytosine, adenine, and uracil as a base, respectively. However, it will be understood that the term “ribonucleotide” or “nucleotide” can also refer to a modified nucleotide, as further detailed below, or a surrogate replacement moiety. The skilled person is well aware that guanine, cytosine, adenine, and uracil may be replaced by other moieties without substantially altering the base pairing properties of an oligonucleotide comprising a nucleotide bearing such replacement moiety. For example, without limitation, a nucleotide comprising inosine as its base may base pair with nucleotides containing adenine, cytosine, or uracil. Hence, nucleotides containing uracil, guanine, or adenine may be replaced in the nucleotide sequences of the invention by a nucleotide containing, for example, inosine. Sequences comprising such replacement moieties are embodiments of the invention.

As used herein, “PCSK9” refers to the proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin 9 gene or protein (also known as FIB, HCHOLA3, NARC-1, NARC1), mRNA sequences to PCSK9 are provided as human: NM_(—)174936; mouse: NM_(—)153565, and rat: NM_(—)199253.

As used herein, “target sequence” refers to a contiguous portion of the nucleotide sequence of an mRNA molecule formed during the transcription of the PCSK9 gene, including mRNA that is a product of RNA processing of a primary transcription product.

As used herein, the term “strand comprising a sequence” refers to an oligonucleotide comprising a chain of nucleotides that is described by the sequence referred to using the standard nucleotide nomenclature.

As used herein, and unless otherwise indicated, the term “complementary,” when used to describe a first nucleotide sequence in relation to a second nucleotide sequence, refers to the ability of an oligonucleotide or polynucleotide comprising the first nucleotide sequence to hybridize and form a duplex structure under certain conditions with an oligonucleotide or polynucleotide comprising the second nucleotide sequence, as will be understood by the skilled person. Such conditions can, for example, be stringent conditions, where stringent conditions may include: 400 mM NaCl, 40 mM PIPES pH 6.4, 1 mM EDTA, 50° C. or 70° C. for 12-16 hours followed by washing. Other conditions, such as physiologically relevant conditions as may be encountered inside an organism, can apply. The skilled person will be able to determine the set of conditions most appropriate for a test of complementarity of two sequences in accordance with the ultimate application of the hybridized nucleotides.

This includes base-pairing of the oligonucleotide or polynucleotide comprising the first nucleotide sequence to the oligonucleotide or polynucleotide comprising the second nucleotide sequence over the entire length of the first and second nucleotide sequence. Such sequences can be referred to as “fully complementary” with respect to each other herein. However, where a first sequence is referred to as “substantially complementary” with respect to a second sequence herein, the two sequences can be fully complementary, or they may form one or more, but generally not more than 4, 3 or 2 mismatched base pairs upon hybridization, while retaining the ability to hybridize under the conditions most relevant to their ultimate application. However, where two oligonucleotides are designed to form, upon hybridization, one or more single stranded overhangs, such overhangs shall not be regarded as mismatches with regard to the determination of complementarity. For example, a dsRNA comprising one oligonucleotide 21 nucleotides in length and another oligonucleotide 23 nucleotides in length, wherein the longer oligonucleotide comprises a sequence of 21 nucleotides that is fully complementary to the shorter oligonucleotide, may yet be referred to as “fully complementary” for the purposes of the invention.

“Complementary” sequences, as used herein, may also include, or be formed entirely from, non-Watson-Crick base pairs and/or base pairs formed from non-natural and modified nucleotides, in as far as the above requirements with respect to their ability to hybridize are fulfilled.

The terms “complementary”, “fully complementary” and “substantially complementary” herein may be used with respect to the base matching between the sense strand and the antisense strand of a dsRNA, or between the antisense strand of a dsRNA and a target sequence, as will be understood from the context of their use.

As used herein, a polynucleotide which is “substantially complementary to at least part of” a messenger RNA (mRNA) refers to a polynucleotide which is substantially complementary to a contiguous portion of the mRNA of interest (e.g., encoding PCSK9). For example, a polynucleotide is complementary to at least a part of a PCSK9 mRNA if the sequence is substantially complementary to a non-interrupted portion of a mRNA encoding PCSK9.

The term “double-stranded RNA” or “dsRNA”, as used herein, refers to a complex of ribonucleic acid molecules, having a duplex structure comprising two anti-parallel and substantially complementary, as defined above, nucleic acid strands. The two strands forming the duplex structure may be different portions of one larger RNA molecule, or they may be separate RNA molecules. Where separate RNA molecules, such dsRNA are often referred to in the literature as siRNA (“short interfering RNA”). Where the two strands are part of one larger molecule, and therefore are connected by an uninterrupted chain, of nucleotides between the 3′-end of one strand and the 5′end of the respective other strand forming the duplex structure, the connecting RNA chain is referred to as a “hairpin loop”, “short hairpin RNA” or “shRNA”. Where the two strands are connected covalently by means other than an uninterrupted chain of nucleotides between the 3′-end of one strand and the 5′end of the respective other strand forming the duplex structure, the connecting structure is referred to as a “linker”. The RNA strands may have the same or a different number of nucleotides. The maximum number of base pairs is the number of nucleotides in the shortest strand of the dsRNA minus any overhangs that are present in the duplex. In addition to the duplex structure, a dsRNA may comprise one or more nucleotide overhangs. In addition, as used in this specification, “dsRNA” may include chemical modifications to ribonucleotides, including substantial modifications at multiple nucleotides and including all types of modifications disclosed herein or known in the art. Any such modifications, as used in an siRNA type molecule, are encompassed by “dsRNA” for the purposes of this specification and claims.

As used herein, a “nucleotide overhang” refers to the unpaired nucleotide or nucleotides drat protrude from the duplex structure of a dsRNA when a 3′-end of one strand of the dsRNA extends beyond the 5′-end of the other strand, or vice versa. “Blunt” or “blunt end” means that there are no unpaired nucleotides at that end of the dsRNA, i.e., no nucleotide overhang. A “blunt, ended” dsRNA is a dsRNA that is double-stranded over its entire length, i.e., no nucleotide overhang at either end of the molecule. For clarity, chemical caps or non-nucleotide chemical moieties conjugated to the 3′ end or 5′ end of an siRNA are not considered in determining whether an siRNA has an overhang or is blunt ended.

The term “antisense strand” refers to the strand of a dsRNA which includes a region that is substantially complementary to a target sequence. As used herein, the term “region of complementarity” refers to the region on the antisense strand that is substantially complementary to a sequence, for example a target sequence, as defined herein. Where the region of complementarity is not fully complementary to the target sequence, the mismatches are most tolerated in the terminal regions and, if present, are generally in a terminal region or regions, e.g., within 6, 5, 4, 3, or 2 nucleotides of the 5′ and/or 3′terminus.

The term “sense strand,” as used herein, refers to the strand of a dsRNA that includes a region that is substantially complementary to a region of the antisense strand.

“Introducing into a cell”, when referring to a dsRNA, means facilitating uptake or absorption into the cell, as is understood by those skilled in the art. Absorption or uptake of dsRNA can occur through unaided diffusive or active cellular processes, or by auxiliary agents or devices. The meaning of this term is not limited to cells in vitro; a dsRNA may also be “introduced into a cell”, wherein the cell is part of a living organism. In such instance, introduction into the cell will include the delivery to the organism. For example, for in vivo delivery, dsRNA can be injected into a tissue site or administered systemically. In vitro introduction into a cell includes methods known in the art such as electroporation and lipofection.

The terms “silence” and “inhibit the expression of”, in as far as they refer to the PCSK9 gene, herein refer to the at least partial, suppression of the expression of the PCSK9 gene, as manifested by a reduction of the amount of mRNA-transcribed from the PCSK9 gene which may be isolated from a first cell or group of cells in which the PCSK9 gene is transcribed and which has or have been treated such that the expression of the PCSK9 gene is inhibited, as compared to a second cell or group of cells substantially identical to the first cell or group of cells but which has or have not been so treated (control cells). The degree of inhibition is usually expressed in terms of ${\frac{\left( {{mRNA}\quad{in}\quad{control}\quad{cells}} \right) - \left( {{mRNA}\quad{in}\quad{treated}\quad{cells}} \right)}{\left( {{mRNA}\quad{in}\quad{control}\quad{cells}} \right)} \cdot 100}\%$

Alternatively, the degree of inhibition may be given in terms of a reduction of a parameter that is functionally linked to PCSK9 gene transcription, e.g. the amount of protein encoded by the PCSK9 gene which is secreted by a cell, or the number of cells displaying a certain phenotype, e.g. apoptosis. In principle, PCSK9 gene silencing may be determined in any cell expressing the target, either constitutively or by genomic engineering, and by any appropriate assay. However, when a reference is needed in order to determine whether a given dsRNA inhibits the expression of the PCSK9 gene by a certain, degree and therefore is encompassed by the instant invention, the assay provided in the Examples below shall serve as such reference.

For example, in certain instances, expression of the PCSK9 gene is suppressed by at least about 20%, 25%, 35%, or 50% by administration of the double-stranded oligonucleotide of the invention, in some embodiment, the PCSK9 gene is suppressed by at least about 60%, 70%, or 80% by administration of the double-stranded oligonucleotide of the invention. In some embodiments, the PCSK9 gene is suppressed by at least about 85%, 90%, or 95% by administration of the double-stranded oligonucleotide of the invention. Tables 1, 2, provides a wide range of values for inhibition of expression obtained in an in vitro assay using various PCSK9 dsRNA molecules at various concentrations.

As used herein in the context of PCSK9 expression, the terms “treat”, “treatment”, and the like, refer to relief from or alleviation of pathological processes which, can be mediated by down regulating PCSK9 gene. In the context of the present invention insofar as it relates to any of the other conditions recited herein below (other than pathological processes which can be mediated by down regulating the PCSK9 gene), the terms “treat”, “treatment”, and the like mean to relieve or alleviate at least one symptom associated with such condition, or to slow or reverse the progression of such condition. For example, in the context of hyperlipidemia, treatment will involve a decrease in serum lipid levels.

As used herein, the phrases “therapeutically effective amount” and “prophylactically effective amount” refer to an amount that provides a therapeutic benefit in the treatment prevention, or management of pathological processes which can be mediated by down regulating the PCSK9 gene on or an overt symptom of pathological processes which can be mediated by down regulating the PCSK9 gene. The specific amount that is therapeutically effective can be readily determined by ordinary medical practitioner, and may vary depending on factors known in the art, such as, e.g. the type of pathological processes which, can be mediated by down regulating the PCSK9 gene, the patient's history and age, the stage of pathological processes which can be mediated by down regulating PCSK9 gene expression, and the administration of other anti-pathological processes which can be mediated by down regulating PCSK9 gene expression.

As used herein, a “pharmaceutical composition” comprises a pharmacologically effective amount of a dsRNA and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. As used herein, “pharmacologically effective amount,” “therapeutically effective amount” or simply “effective amount” refers to that amount of an RNA effective to produce the intended pharmacological, therapeutic or preventive result. For example, if a given clinical treatment is considered effective when there is at least a 25% reduction in a measurable parameter associated with a disease or disorder, a therapeutically effective amount of a drug for the treatment of that disease or disorder is the amount necessary to effect at least a 25% reduction in that parameter.

The term “pharmaceutically acceptable carrier” refers to a carrier for administration of a therapeutic agent. Such carriers include, but are not limited to, saline, buffered saline, dextrose, water, glycerol, ethanol, and combinations thereof and are described in more detail below. The term specifically excludes cell culture medium.

As used herein, a “transformed cell” is a cell into which a vector has been introduced from which a dsRNA molecule may be expressed.

II. DOUBLE-STRAND RIBONUCLEIC ACID (dsRNA)

In one embodiment, the invention provides double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) molecules for inhibiting the expression of the PCSK9 gene in a cell or mammal, wherein the dsRNA comprises an antisense strand comprising a region of complementarity which is complementary to at least a part of an mRNA formed in the expression of the PCSK9 gene, and wherein the region of complementarity is less than 30 nucleotides in length, generally 19-24 nucleotides in length, and wherein said dsRNA, upon contact with a cell expressing said PCSK9 gene, inhibits the expression of said PCSK9 gene by at least 40%. The dsRNA comprises two RNA strands that are sufficiently complementary to hybridise to form a duplex structure. One strand of the dsRNA (the antisense strand) comprises a region of complementarity that is substantially complementary, and generally fully complementary, to a target sequence, derived from the sequence of an mRNA formed during the expression of the PCSK9 gene, the other strand (the sense strand) comprises a region which is complementary to the antisense strand, such that the two strands hybridize and form a duplex structure when combined under suitable conditions. Generally, the duplex structure is between 15 and 30, more generally between 18 and 25, yet more generally between 19 and 24, and most generally between 19 and 21 base pairs in length. Similarly, the region of complementarity to the target sequence is between 15 and 30, more generally between 18 and 25, yet more generally between 19 and 24, and most generally between 19 and 21 nucleotides in length. The dsRNA of the invention may further comprise one or more single-stranded nucleotide overhang(s). Hie dsRNA can be synthesized by standard methods known in the art as further discussed, below, e.g., by use of an automated DNA synthesizer, such as are commercially available from, for example, Biosearch, Applied Biosystems, Inc. In a preferred embodiment, the PCSK9 gene is the human PCSK9 gene. In specific embodiments, the antisense strand of the dsRNA comprises a strand selected from the sense sequences of Tables 1 and 2, and a second sequence selected from the group consisting of the antisense sequences of Tables 1 and 2. Alternative antisense agents that target, elsewhere in the target sequence provided in Tables 1 and 2, can readily be determined using the target sequence and the flanking PCSK9 sequence.

in further embodiments, the dsRNA comprises at least one nucleotide sequence selected from the groups of sequences provided in Tables 1 and 2 in other embodiments, the dsRNA comprises at least two sequences selected from this group, wherein one of the at least two sequences is complementary to another of the at least two sequences, and one of the at least two sequences is substantially complementary to a sequence of ah mRNA generated in the expression of the PCSK9 gene. Generally, the dsRNA comprises two oligonucleotides, wherein one oligonucleotide is described as the sense strand in Tables 1 and 2 and the second oligonucleotide is described as the antisense strand in Tables 1 and 2

The skilled person is well aware that dsRNAs comprising a duplex structure of between 20 and 23, but specifically 21, base pairs have been hailed as particularly effective in inducing RNA interference (Elbashir et al., EMBO 2001, 20:6877-6888). However, others have found that shorter or longer dsRNAs can be effective as well, in the embodiments described above, by virtue of the nature of the oligonucleotide sequences provided in Tables 1 and 2, the dsRNAs of the invention can comprise at least one strand of a length, of minimally 2 lot it can be reasonably expected that shorter dsRNAs comprising one of the sequences of Tables 1 and 2 minus only a few nucleotides on one or both, ends may be similarly effective as compared to the dsRNAs described above. Hence, dsRNAs comprising a partial sequence of at least 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, or more contiguous nucleotides from one of the sequences of Tables 1 and 2, and differing in their ability to inhibit the expression of the PCSK9 gene in a FACS assay as described herein below by not more than 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, or 30% inhibition from a dsRNA comprising the full sequence, are contemplated by the invention. Further dsRNAs that cleave within the target sequence provided in Tables 1 and 2 can readily be made using the PCSK9 sequence and the target sequence provided.

In addition, the RNAi agents provided in Tables 1 and 2 identify a site in the PCSK9 mRNA that is susceptible to RNAi based cleavage. As such the present invention further includes RNAi agents that target, within the sequence targeted by one of the agents of the present invention. As used herein a second RNAi agent is said to target within the sequence of a first RNAi agent if the second RNAi agent cleaves the message anywhere within the mRNA that is complementary to the antisense strand of the first RNAi agent. Such a second agent will generally consist of at least 15 contiguous nucleotides from one of the sequences provided in Tables 1 and 2 coupled to additional nucleotide sequences taken from the region contiguous to the selected sequence in the PCSK9 gene. For example, the last 15 nucleotides of SEQ ID NO:1 (minus the added AA sequences) combined with the next 6 nucleotides from the target PCSK9 gene produces a single strand agent of 21 nucleotides that is based on one of the sequences provided in Tables 1 and 2.

The dsRNA of the invention, can contain one or more mismatches to the target sequence. In a preferred embodiment, the dsRNA of the invention contains no more than 3 mismatches. If the antisense strand of the dsRNA contains mismatches to a target sequence, it is preferable that the area of mismatch not be located in the center of the region of complementarity. If the antisense strand of the dsRNA contains mismatches to the target sequence, it is preferable that the mismatch be restricted to 5 nucleotides from either end, for example 5, 4, 3, 2, or 1 nucleotide from either the 5′ or 3′ end of the region of complementarity. For example, for a 23 nucleotide dsRNA strand which is complementary to a region of the PCSK9 gene, the dsRNA generally does not contain any mismatch within the central 13 nucleotides. The methods described within the invention can be used to determine whether a dsRNA containing a mismatch to a target sequence is effective in inhibiting the expression of the PCSK9 gene. Consideration of the efficacy of dsRNAs with mismatches in inhibiting expression of the PCSK9 gene is important, especially if the particular region of complementarity in the PCSK9 gene is known to have polymorphic sequence variation within the population.

In one embodiment at least one end of the dsRNA has a single-stranded nucleotide overhang of 1 to 4, generally 1 or 2 nucleotides dsRNAs having at least one nucleotide overhang have unexpectedly superior inhibitory properties than their blunt-ended counterparts. Moreover, the present inventors have discovered that the presence of only one nucleotide overhang strengthens the interference activity of the dsRNA, without affecting its overall stability, dsRNA having only one overhang has proven particularly stable and effective in vivo, as well as in a variety of cells, cell culture mediums, blood, and serum. Generally, the single-stranded overhang is located, at the 3′-terminal end of the antisense strand or, alternatively, at the 3′-terminal end of the sense strand. The dsRNA may also have a blunt end, generally located at the 5′-end of the antisense strand. Such dsRNAs have improved stability and inhibitory activity, thus allowing administration at low dosages, i.e., less than 5 mg/kg body weight of the recipient per day. Generally, the antisense strand of the dsRNA has a nucleotide overhang at the 3′-end, and the 5′-end is blunt. In another embodiment, one or more of the nucleotides in the overhang is replaced with a nucleoside thiophosphate.

In yet another embodiment, the dsRNA is chemically modified to enhance stability. The nucleic acids of die invention may be synthesized and/or modified by methods well established in the art, such as those described in “Current protocols in nucleic acid chemistry”. Beaucage, S. L. et. al. (Edrs.), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, N.Y., USA, which is hereby incorporated herein by reference. Chemical modifications may include, but are not limited to 2′ modifications, modifications at other sites of the sugar or base of an oligonucleotide, introduction of non-natural bases into the olibonucleotide chain, covalent attachment to a ligand or chemical moiety, and replacement of internucleotide phosphate linkages with alternate linkages such as thiophosphates. More than one such modification may be employed.

Chemical linking of the two separate dsRNA strands may be achieved by any of a variety of well-known techniques, for example by introducing covalent, ionic or hydrogen bonds; hydrophobic interactions, van der Waals or stacking interactions; by means of metal-ion coordination, or through, use of purine analogues. Generally, the chemical groups that can be used to modify the dsRNA include, without limitation, methylene blue; bifunctional groups, generally bis-(2-chloroethyl)amine; N-acetyl-N′-(p-glyoxylbenzoyl)cystamine; 4-thiouracil; and psoralen. In one embodiment, the linker is a hexa-ethylene glycol linker. In this case, the dsRNA are produced by solid phase synthesis and the hexa-ethylene glycol linker is incorporated according to standard methods (e.g., Williams, D. J., and K. B. Hail, Biochem. (1996) 35:14665-14670). In a particular embodiment, the 5-end of the antisense strand and the 3′-end of the sense strand are chemically linked via a hexaethylene glycol linker. In another embodiment, at least one nucleotide of the dsRNA comprises a phosphorothioate or phosphorodithioate groups. The chemical bond at the ends of the dsRNA is generally formed by triple-helix bonds. Tables 1 and 2 provides examples of modified RNAi agents of the invention.

In yet another embodiment, the nucleotides at one or both of the two single strands may be modified to prevent or inhibit the degradation activities of cellular enzymes, such, as, for example, without limitation, certain nucleases. Techniques for inhibiting the degradation activity of cellular enzymes against nucleic acids are known in the art including, but not limited to, 2′-amino modifications, 2′-amino sugar modifications, 2′-F sugar modifications, 2′-F modifications, 2′-alkyl sugar modifications, uncharged backbone modifications, morpholino modifications, 2′-methyl modifications, and phosphoramidate (sec, e.g., Wagner, Nat. Med. (1995) 1:1116-8). Thus, at least one 2′-hydroxyl group of the nucleotides on a dsRNA is replaced by a chemical group, generally by a 2′-amino or a 2′-methyl group. Also, at least one nucleotide may be modified to form a locked, nucleotide. Such locked nucleotide contains a methylene bridge that connects the 2′-oxygen of ribose with the 4′-carbon of ribose. Oligonucleotides containing the locked nucleotide are described in Koshkin, A. A., et al., Tetrahedron (1998), 54: 3607-3630) and Obika, S. et al. Tetrahedron Lett. (1998), 39; 5401-5404). Introduction of a locked nucleotide into an oligonucleotide improves the affinity for complementary sequences and increases the melting temperature by several degrees (Braasch, D. A. and D. R. Corey, Chem. Biol. (2001), 8:1-7).

Conjugating a ligand to a dsRNA can enhance its cellular absorption as well as targeting to a particular tissue or uptake by specific types of cells such as liver cells. In certain instances, a hydrophobic ligand is conjugated to the dsRNA to facilitate direct permeation of the cellular membrane and or uptake across the liver cells. Alternatively, the ligand conjugated, to the dsRNA is a substrate for receptor-mediated endocytosis. These approaches have been used to facilitate cell permeation of antisense oligonucleotides as well as dsRNA agents. For example, cholesterol has been conjugated to various antisense oligonucleotides resulting in compounds that are substantially more active compared to their non-conjugated analogs. See M. Manoharan Antisense & Nucleic Acid Drug Development 2002, 12, 103. Other lipophilic compounds that have been conjugated to oligonucleotides include 1-pyrene butyric acid, 1,3-bis-O-(hexadecyl)glycerol, and menthol. One example of a ligand for receptor-mediated endocytosis is folic acid. Folic acid enters the cell by folate-receptor-mediated endocytosis. dsRNA compounds bearing folic acid would be efficiently transported into the cell via the folate-receptor-mediated endocytosis. Li and coworkers report that attachment of folic acid to the 3′-terminus of an oligonucleotide resulted in an 8-fold increase in cellular uptake of the oligonucleotide. Li, S.; Deshmukh, H, M.; Huang, L. Pharm. Res. 1998, 15, 1540. Other ligands that have been conjugated to oligonucleotides include polyethylene glycols, carbohydrate clusters, cross-linking agents, porphyrin conjugates, delivery peptides and lipids such as cholesterol.

In certain instances, conjugation of a cationic ligand to oligonucleotides results in improved resistance to nucleases. Representative examples of cationic ligands are propylammonium and dimethylpropylammonium. Interestingly, antisense oligonucleotides were reported to retain their high binding affinity to mRNA when the cationic ligand was dispersed throughout the oligonucleotide. See M. Manoharan Antisense & Nucleic Acid Drug Development 2002, 22, 103 and references therein.

The ligand-conjugated dsRNA of the invention may be synthesized by the use of a dsRNA that bears a pendant reactive functionality, such as that derived from the attachment of a linking molecule onto the dsRNA. This reactive oligonucleotide may be reacted directly with commercially-available ligands, ligands that are synthesized bearing any of a variety of protecting groups, or ligands that have a linking moiety attached thereto. The methods of the invention facilitate the synthesis of ligand-conjugated dsRNA by the use of, in some preferred embodiments, nucleoside monomers that have been appropriately conjugated with ligands and that may further be attached to a solid-support material. Such ligand-nucleoside conjugates, optionally attached to a solid-support material, are prepared according to some preferred embodiments of the methods of the invention via reaction of a selected serum-binding ligand with a linking moiety located on the 5′ position of a nucleoside or oligonucleotide. In certain instances, an dsRNA bearing an aralkyl ligand attached to the 3′-terminus of the dsRNA is prepared by first covalently attaching a monomer building block to a controlled-pore-glass support via a long-chain aminoalkyl group. Then, nucleotides are bonded via standard solid-phase synthesis techniques to the monomer building-block bound to the solid support. The monomer building block may be a nucleoside or other organic compound that is compatible with solid-phase synthesis.

The dsRNA used in the conjugates of the invention may be conveniently and routinely made through the well-known technique of solid-phase synthesis. Equipment for such synthesis is sold by several vendors including, for example, Applied Biosystems (Foster City, Calif.). Any other means for such synthesis known in the art may additionally or alternatively be employed. It is also known to use similar techniques to prepare other oligonucleotides, such as the phosphorothioates and alkylated derivatives.

Teachings regarding the synthesis of particular modified oligonucleotides may be found in the following U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,138,045 and 5,218,105, drawn to polyamine conjugated oligonucleotides: U.S. Pat. No. 5,212,295, drawn to monomers for the preparation of oligonucleotides having chiral phosphorus linkages; U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,378,825 and 5,541,307, drawn to oligonucleotides having modified backbones; U.S. Pat. No. 5,386,023, drawn to backbone-modified oligonucleotides and the preparation thereof through reductive coupling; U.S. Pat. No. 5,457,191, drawn to modified nucleobases based on the 3-deazapurine ring system and methods of synthesis thereof; U.S. Pat. No. 5,459,255, drawn to modified nucleobases based on N-2 substituted purines; U.S. Pat. No. 5,521,302, drawn to processes for preparing oligonucleotides having chiral phosphorus linkages; U.S. Pat. No. 5,539,082, drawn to peptide nucleic acids; U.S. Pat. No. 5,554,746, drawn to oligonucleotides having β-lactam backbones; U.S. Pat. No. 5,571,902, drawn to methods and materials for the synthesis of oligonucleotides; U.S. Pat. No. 5,578,718, drawn to nucleosides having alkylthio groups, wherein such groups may be used as linkers to other moieties attached at any of a variety of positions of the nucleoside; U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,587,361 and 5,599,797, drawn to oligonucleotides having phosphorothioate linkages of high chiral purity; U.S. Pat. No. 5,506,351, drawn to processes for the preparation of 2′-O-alkyl guanosine and related compounds, including 2,6-diaminopurine compounds; U.S. Pat. No. 5,587,469, drawn to oligonucleotides having N-2 substituted purines; U.S. Pat. No. 5,587,470, drawn to oligonucleotides having 3-deazapurines; U.S. Pat. No. 5,223,168, and U.S. Pat. No. 5,608,046, both drawn to conjugated 4′-desmethyl nucleoside analogs; U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,602,240, and 5,610,289, drawn to backbone-modified oligonucleotide analogs; U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,262,241, and 5,459,255, drawn to, inter alia, methods of synthesizing 2′-fluoro oligonucleotides.

In the ligand-conjugated dsRNA and ligand-molecule bearing sequence-specific linked nucleosides of the invention, the oligonucleotides and oligonucleosides may be assembled on a suitable DNA synthesizer utilizing standard nucleotide or nucleoside precursors, or nucleotide or nucleoside conjugate precursors that already bear the linking moiety, ligand-nucleotide or nucleoside-conjugate precursors that already bear the ligand molecule, or non-nucleoside ligand-bearing building blocks.

When using nucleotide-conjugate precursors that already hear a linking moiety, die synthesis of the sequence-specific linked nucleosides is typically completed, and the ligand molecule is then reacted with the linking moiety to form the ligand-conjugated oligonucleotide. Oligonucleotide conjugates bearing a variety of molecules such as steroids, vitamins, lipids aid reporter molecules, has previously been described (see Manoharan et al. PCT Application WO 93/07883). In a preferred embodiment, the oligonucleotides or linked nucleosides of the invention are synthesized by an automated synthesizer using phosphoramidites derived from ligand-nucleoside conjugates in addition to the standard phosphoramidites and non-standard phosphoramidites that are commercially available and routinely used in oligonucleotide synthesis.

The incorporation of a 2′-O-methyl 2′-O-ethyl, 2′-O-propyl 2′-O-allyl, 2-O-aminoalkyl or 2′-deoxy-2′-fluoro group in nucleosides of an oligonucleotide confers enhanced hybridization properties to the oligonucleotide. Further, oligonucleotides containing phosphorothioate backbones have enhanced nuclease stability. Thus, functionalized, linked nucleosides of the invention can be augmented to include either or both a phosphorothioate backbone or a 2′-O-methyl, 2, —O-ethyl, 2-O-propyl, 2′-O-aminoalkyl, 2-O-allyl or 2′-deoxy-2′-fluoro group. A summary listing of some of the oligonucleotide modifications known in the art is found at, for example, PCT Publication WO 200370918.

In some embodiments, functionalized nucleoside sequences of the invention possessing an amino group at the 5-terminus are prepared using a DNA synthesizer, and then reacted with an active ester derivative of a selected ligand. Active ester derivatives are well known to those skilled in the art. Representative active esters include N-hydroxsuccinimide esters, tetrafluorophenolic esters, pentafluorophenolic esters and pentachlorophenolic esters. The reaction of the amino group and the active ester produces an oligonucleotide in which the selected ligand is attached to the S′-position through a linking group. The amino group at the 5′-terminus can be prepared utilizing a S′-Amino-Modifier C6 reagent. In one embodiment, ligand molecules may be conjugated to oligonucleotides at the 5′-position by the use of a ligand-nucleoside phosphoramidite wherein the ligand is linked to the 5′-hydroxy group directly or indirectly via a linker. Such ligand-nucleoside phosphoramidites are typically used at the end of an automated synthesis procedure to provide a ligand-conjugated oligonucleotide bearing the ligand at the 5′-terminus.

Examples of modified internucleoside linkages or backbones include, for example, phosphorothioates, chiral phosphorothioates, phosphorodithioates, phosphotriesters, aminoalkylphosphotriesters, methyl and other alkyl phosphonates including 3′-alkylene phosphonates and chiral phosphonates, phosphinates, phosphoramidates including 3′-amino phosphoramidate and aminoalkylphosphoramidates, thionophosphoramidates, thionoalkylphosphonates, thionoalkylphosphotriesters, and boranophosphates having normal 3-5′ linkages, 2′-5′ linked analogs of these, and those having inverted polarity wherein the adjacent pairs of nucleoside units are linked 3′-5 to 5′-3′ or 2′-5′ to 5-2′. Various salts, mixed salts and free-acid forms are also included.

Representative United States patents relating to the preparation of the above phosphorus-atom-containing linkages include, but are not limited to, U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,687,808; 4,469,863; 4,476,301; 5,023,243; 5,177,196; 5,188,897; 5,264,423; 5,276,019; 5,278,302; 5,286,717; 5,321,131; 5,399,676; 5,405,939; 5,453,496; 5,455,233; 5,466,677; 5,476,925; 5,519,126; 5,536,821; 5,541,306; 5,550,111; 5,563,253; 5,571,799; 5,587,361; 5,625,050; and 5,697,248, each of which is herein incorporated by reference.

Examples of modified internucleoside linkages or backbones that do not include a phosphorus atom therein (i.e., oligonucleosides) have backbones that are formed by short chain alkyl or cycloalkyl intersugar linkages, mixed heteroatom and alkyl or cycloalkyl intersugar linkages, or one or more short chain heteroatomic or heterocyclic intersugar linkages. These include those having morpholino linkages (formed in part from the sugar portion of a nucleoside); siloxane backbones; sulfide, sulfoxide and sulfone backbones; formacetyl and thioformacetyl backbones; methylene formacetyl and thioformacetyl backbones; alkene containing backbones; sulfamate backbones; methyleneimino and methylenehydrazino backbones; sulfonate and sulfonamide backbones; amide backbones; and others having mixed N, O, S and CH₂ component parts.

Representative United States patents relating to the preparation of the above oligonucleosides include, but are not limited to, U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,034,506; 5,166,315; 5,185,444; 5,214,134; 5,216,141; 5,235,033; 5,264,562; 1264,564; 5,405,938; 5,434,257; 5,466,677; 5,470,967; 5,489,677; 5,541,307; 5,561,225; 5,596,086; 5,602,240; 5,610,289; 5,602,240; 5,608,046; 5,610,289; 5,618,704; 5,623,070; 5,663,312; 5,633,360; 5,677,437; and 5,677,439, each of which is herein incorporated by reference.

In certain instances, the oligonucleotide may be modified by a non-ligand group. A number of non-ligand molecules have been conjugated to oligonucleotides in order to enhance the activity, cellular distribution or cellular uptake of the oligonucleotide, and procedures for performing such conjugations are available in the scientific literature. Such non-ligand moieties have included lipid moieties, such as cholesterol (Letsinger et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 1989, 86:6553), cholic acid (Manoharan et al., Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 1994, 4:1053), a thioether, e.g., hexyl-5-tritylthiol (Manoharan et al., Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci., 1992, 660:306; Manoharan et al., Bioorg. Med. Chem. Let, 1993, 3:2765), a thiocholesterol (Oberhauser et al., Nucl. Acids Res., 1992, 20:533), an aliphatic chain, e.g., dodecandiol or undecyl residues (Saison-Behmoaras et al., EMBO J., 1991, 10:111; Kabanov et al., FEBS Lett, 1990, 259:327; Svinarchuk et al., Biochimie, 1993, 75:49), a phospholipid, e.g., di-hexadecyl-rac-glycerol or triethylammonium 1,2-di-O-hexadecyl-rac-glycero-3-H-phosphonate (Manoharan et al. Tetrahedron Lett., 1995, 36:3651; Shea et al.,Noel. Acids Res., 1990, 18:3777), a poly amine or a polyethylene glycol chain (Manoharan et al., Nucleosides & Nucleotides, 1995, 14:969), or adamantane acetic acid (Manoharan et al. Tetrahedron Lett., 1995, 36:3651), a palmityl moiety (Mishra et al. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1995, 1264:229), or an octadecylamine or hexylamino-carbonyl-oxycholesterol moiety (Crooks et al., J. Pharmacol Exp. Ther., 1996, 277:923). Representative United States patents that teach the preparation of such oligonucleotide conjugates have been listed above. Typical conjugation protocols involve the synthesis of oligonucleotides bearing an aminolinker at one or more positions of the sequence. The amino group is then reacted with the molecule being conjugated using appropriate coupling or activating reagents. The conjugation reaction may be performed either with the oligonucleotide still bound to the solid support or following cleavage of the oligonucleotide in solution phase. Purification of the oligonucleotide conjugate by HPLC typically affords the pure conjugate. The use of a cholesterol conjugate is particularly preferred since such a moiety can increase targeting liver cells, a site of PCSK9 expression.

Vector Encoded RNAi Agents

The dsRNA of the invention can also be expressed from recombinant viral vectors intracellularly in vivo. The recombinant viral vectors of the invention comprise sequences encoding the dsRNA of the invention and any suitable promoter for expressing the dsRNA sequences. Suitable promoters include, for example, the U6 or H1 RNA pol III promoter sequences and the cytomegalovirus promoter. Selection of other suitable promoters is within the skill in the art. The recombinant viral vectors of the invention can also comprise inducible or regulatable promoters for expression of the dsRNA in a particular tissue or in a particular intracellular environment. The use of recombinant viral vectors to deliver dsRNA of the invention to cells in vivo is discussed in more detail below.

dsRNA of the invention can be expressed from a recombinant viral vector either as two separate, complementary RNA molecules, or as a single RNA molecule with two complementary regions.

Any viral vector capable of accepting the coding sequences for the dsRNA molecule(s) to be expressed can be used, for example vectors derived from adenovirus (AV); adeno-associated virus (AAV); retroviruses (e.g., lentiviruses (LV), Rhabdoviruses, murine leukemia virus); herpes virus, and the like. The tropism of viral vectors can be modified by pseudotyping the vectors with envelope proteins or other surface antigens from other viruses, or by substituting different viral capsid proteins, as appropriate.

For example, lentiviral vectors of the invention can be pseudotyped with surface proteins from vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV), rabies, Ebola, Mokola, and the like. AAV vectors of the invention can be made to target different cells by engineering the vectors to express different capsid protein serotypes. For example, an AAV vector expressing a serotype 2 capsid on a serotype 2 genome is called AAV 2/2. This serotype 2 capsid gene in the AAV 2/2 vector can be replaced by a serotype 5 capsid gene to produce an AAV 2/5 vector. Techniques for constructing AAV vectors which express different capsid protein serotypes are within the skill in the art; see, e.g., Rabinowitz J E et al. (2002), J Virol 76:791-801, the entire disclosure of which is herein incorporated by reference.

Selection of recombinant viral vectors suitable for use in the invention, methods for inserting nucleic acid sequences for expressing the dsRNA into the vector, and methods of delivering the viral vector to the cells of interest are within the skill in the art. See, for example, Dornburg R (1995), Gene Therap. 2: 301-310; Eglitis M A (1988), Biotechniques 6: 608-614; Miller A D (1990), Hum Gene Therap. 1: 5-14; Anderson W F (1998), Nature 392; 25-30; and Rubinson D A et al., Nat. Genet. 33: 401-406, the entire disclosures of which are herein incorporated by reference.

Preferred viral vectors are those derived from AV and AAV. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the dsRNA of the invention is expressed as two separate, complementary single-stranded RNA molecules from a recombinant AAV vector comprising, for example, either the U6 or H1 RNA promoters, or the cytomegalovirus (CMV) promoter.

A suitable AV vector for expressing the dsRNA of the invention, a method for constructing the recombinant AV vector, and a method for delivering the vector into target cells, are described in Xia H et al. (2002), Nat. Biotech, 20; 1006-1010.

Suitable AAV vectors for expressing the dsRNA of the invention, methods for constructing the recombinant AV vector, and methods for delivering the vectors into target cells are described in Samulski R et al. (1987), J. Virol. 61: 3096-3101; Fisher K J et al. (1996), J. Virol, 70: 520-532; Samulski R et al. (1989), J. Virol. 63: 3822-3826; U.S. Pat. No. 5,252,479; U.S. Pat. No. 5,139,941; International Patent Application No. WO 94/13788; and international Patent Application No. WO 93/24641, the entire disclosures of which are herein incorporated by reference.

III. PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING dsRNA

In one embodiment, the invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a dsRNA, as described herein, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The pharmaceutical composition comprising the dsRNA is useful for treating a disease or disorder associated with the expression or activity of the PCSK9 gene, such as pathological processes which, can be mediated by down regulating PCSK9 gene expression, such as hyperlipidemia. Such pharmaceutical compositions are formulated, based on the mode of delivery. One example is compositions that are formulated for delivery to the liver via parenteral delivery.

The pharmaceutical compositions of the invention are administered in dosages sufficient to inhibit expression of the PCSK9 gene. The present inventors have found that, because of their improved efficiency, compositions comprising the dsRNA of the invention can be administered at surprisingly low dosages. A dosage of 5 mg dsRNA per kilogram body weight of recipient per day is sufficient to inhibit or suppress expression of the PCSK9 gene and may be administered systematically to the patient.

In general, a suitable dose of dsRNA will be in the range of 0.01 to 5.0 milligrams per kilogram body weight of the recipient per day, generally in the range of 1 microgram to 1 mg per kilogram body weight per day. The pharmaceutical composition may be administered once daily, or the dsRNA may be administered as two, three, or more sub-closes at appropriate intervals throughout the day or even using continuous infusion or delivery through a controlled release formulation. In that case, the dsRNA contained in each sub-dose must be correspondingly smaller in order to achieve the total daily dosage. The dosage unit can also the compounded for delivery over several days, e.g., using a conventional sustained release formulation which provides sustained release of the dsRNA over a several day period. Sustained release formulations are well known in the art.

The skilled artisan will appreciate that certain factors may influence the dosage and timing required to effectively treat a subject, including but not limited to the severity of the disease or disorder, previous treatments, the general health and/or age of the subject, and other diseases present. Moreover, treatment of a subject with a therapeutically effective amount of a composition can include a single treatment or a series of treatments. Estimates of effective dosages and in vivo half-lives for the individual dsRNAs encompassed by the invention can be made using conventional methodologies or on the basis of in vivo testing using an appropriate animal model, as described elsewhere herein.

Advances in mouse genetics have generated a number of mouse models for the study of various human diseases, such as pathological processes which can be mediated by down regulating PCSK9 gene expression. Such models are used for in vivo testing of dsRNA, as well as for determining a therapeutically effective dose.

Any method can be used to administer a dsRNA of the present invention to a mammal. For example, administration can be direct; oral; or parenteral (e.g., by subcutaneous, intraventricular, intramuscular, or intraperitoneal injection, or by intravenous drip). Administration can be rapid (e.g., by injection), or can occur over a period of time (e.g., by slow infusion or administration of slow release formulations).

Typically, when treating a mammal with hyperlipidemia, the dsRNA molecules are administered systemically via parental means. For example, dsRNAs, conjugated or unconjugate or formulated with or without liposomes, can be administered intravenously to a patient. For such, a dsRNA molecule can be formulated into compositions such as sterile and non-sterile aqueous solutions, non-aqueous solutions in common solvents such as alcohols, or solutions in liquid or solid oil bases. Such solutions also can contain buffers, diluents, and other suitable additives. For parenteral, intrathecal, or intraventricular administration, a dsRNA molecule can be formulated into compositions such as sterile aqueous solutions, which also can contain buffers, diluents, and other suitable additives (e.g., penetration enhancers, carrier compounds, and other pharmaceutically acceptable carriers).

In addition, dsRNA molecules can be administered to a mammal as biologic or abiologic means as described in, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 6,271,359, Abiologic delivery can be accomplished by a variety of methods including, without limitation, (1) loading liposomes with a dsRNA acid molecule provided herein and (2) complexing a dsRNA molecule with lipids or liposomes to form nucleic acid-lipid or nucleic acid-liposome complexes. The liposome can be composed of cationic aid neutral lipids commonly used to transfect cells in vitro. Cationic lipids can complex (e.g., charge-associate) with negatively charged nucleic acids to form liposomes. Examples of cationic liposomes include, without limitation, lipofectin, lipofectamine, lipofectace, and DOTAP. Procedures for forming liposomes are well, known in the art. Liposome compositions can be formed, for example, from phosphatidylcholine, dimyristoyl phosphatidylcholine, dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine, dimyristoyl phosphatidyl glycerol or dioleoyl phosphatidylethanolamine. Numerous lipophilic agents are commercially available, including Lipofectin®, (Invitrogen/Life Technologies, Carlsbad, Calif.) and Effectene™, (Qiagen, Valencia, Calif.). In addition, systemic delivery methods can be optimized using commercially available cationic lipids such as DDAB or DOTAP, each of which can be mixed with a neutral lipid such as DOPE or cholesterol. In some cases, liposomes such as those described by Templeton et al. (Nature Biotechnology, 15: 647-652 (1997)) can be used. In other embodiments, polycations such as polyethyleneimine can be used to achieve delivery in vivo and ex vivo (Boletta et al., J. Am. Soc. Nephrol. 7: 1728 (1996)). Additional information regarding the use of liposomes to deliver nucleic acids can be found in U.S. Pat. No. 6,271,359, PCT Publication WO 96/40964 and Morrissey, D. et al. 2005, Nat Biotechnol. 23(8): 1002-7.

Biologic delivery can be accomplished by a variety of methods including, without limitation, the use of viral vectors. For example, viral vectors (e.g., adenovirus and herpesvirus vectors) can be used to deliver dsRNA molecules to liver cells. Standard molecular biology techniques can be used to introduce one or more of the dsRNAs provided herein into one of the many different viral vectors previously developed to deliver nucleic acid to cells. These resulting viral vectors can be used to deliver the one or more dsRNAs to cells by, for example, infection.

dsRNAs of the present invention can be formulated in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent. A “pharmaceutically acceptable carrier” (also referred to herein as an “excipient”) is a pharmaceutically acceptable solvent, suspending agent, or any other pharmacologically inert vehicle. Pharmaceutically acceptable carriers can be liquid or solid, and can be selected with the planned manner of administration in mind so as to provide for the desired bulk, consistency, and other pertinent transport and chemical properties. Typical pharmaceutically acceptable carriers include, by way of example and not limitation; water; saline solution; binding agents (e.g., polyvinylpyrrolidone or hydroxypropyl methylcellulose); fillers (e.g., lactose and other sugars, gelatin, or calcium sulfate); lubricants (e.g., starch, polyethylene glycol, or sodium acetate); disintegrates (e.g., starch or sodium starch glycolate); and wetting agents (e.g., sodium, lauryl sulfate).

In addition, dsRNA that target the PCSK9 gene can be formulated into compositions containing the dsRNA admixed, encapsulated, conjugated, or otherwise associated with other molecules, molecular structures, or mixtures of nucleic acids. For example, a composition containing one or more dsRNA agents that target the PCSK9 gene can contain other therapeutic agents such as other lipid lowering agents (e.g., statins).

Methods for Treading Diseases that can be Modulated by Down Regulating the Expression of PCSK9

The methods and compositions described herein can be used to treat diseases and conditions that can be modulated by down regulating PCSK9 gene expression. For example, the compositions described herein can be used to treat hyperlipidemia and other forms of lipid inbalance such as hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia and the pathological conditions associated with these disorders such as heart and circulatory diseases.

Methods for Inhibiting Expression of the PCSK9 Gene

In yet another aspect, the invention provides a method for inhibiting the expression of the PCSK9 gene in a mammal. The method comprises administering a composition of the invention to the mammal such that expression of the target PCSK9 gene is silenced. Because of their high specificity, the dsRNAs of the invention specifically target RNAs (primary or processed) of the target PCSK9 gene. Compositions and methods for inhibiting the expression of these PCSK9 genes using dsRNAs can be performed as described elsewhere herein.

In one embodiment, the method comprises administering a composition comprising a dsRNA, wherein the dsRNA comprises a nucleotide sequence which is complementary to at least a part of an RNA transcript of the PCSK9 gene of the mammal to be treated. When the organism to be treated is a mammal such as a human, the composition may be administered by any means known in the art including, but not limited to oral or parenteral routes, including intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous, transdermal, airway (aerosol) administration. In preferred embodiments, the compositions are administered by intravenous infusion or injection.

Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Although methods and materials similar or equivalent to those described herein can be used in the practice or testing of the invention, suitable methods and materials are described below. Ail publications, patent applications, patents, and other references mentioned herein are incorporated by reference in their entirety. In case of conflict, the present specification, including definitions, will control, in addition, the materials, methods, and examples are illustrative only and not intended to be limiting.

EXAMPLES Gene Walking of the FCSK9 Gene

siRNA design was carried out to identity in two separate selections

a) siRNAs targeting PCSK9 human and either mouse or rat mRNA and

b) all human reactive siRNAs with predicted specificity to the target gene PCSK9.

mRNA sequences to human, mouse and rat PCSK9 were used: Human sequence NM_(—174936.2) was used as reference sequence during the complete siRNA selection procedure.

19 mer stretches conserved in human and mouse, and human and rat PCSK9 mRNA sequences were identified in the first step, resulting in the selection of siRNAs crossreactive to human and mouse, and siRNAs crossreactive to human and rat targets

SiRNAs specifically targeting human. PCSK9 were identified in a second selection. All potential 19mer sequences of human PCSK9 were extracted and defined as candidate target sequences. Sequences cross-reactive to human, monkey, and those cross-reactive to mouse, rat, human and monkey are all listed in Tables 1 and 2. Chemically modified versions of those sequences and their activity in both in vitro and in vivo assays are also listed in tables 1 and 2 and examples given in FIGS. 2-8.

In order to rank candidate target sequences and their corresponding siRNAs and select appropriate ones, their predicted potential for interacting with irrelevant targets (off-target potential) was taken as a ranking parameter. siRNAs with low off-target potential were defined as preferable and assumed to be more specific in vivo.

For predicting siRNA-specific off-target potential, the following assumptions were made;

1) positions 2 to 9 (counting 5′ to 3′) of a strand (seed region) may contribute more to off-target potential than rest of sequence (non-seed, and cleavage site region)

2) positions 10 and 11 (counting 5′ to 3′) of a strand (cleavage site region) may contribute more to off-target potential than non-seed region

3) positions 1 and 19 of each strand are not relevant for off-target interactions

4) an off-target score can be calculated for each gene and each strand, based on complementarity of siRNA strand sequence to the gene's sequence and position of mismatches

5) number of predicted off-targets as well as highest off-target score must be considered for off-target potential

6) off-tar get scores are to be considered more relevant for off-target potential than numbers of off-targets

7) assuming potential abortion of sense strand activity by internal modifications introduced, only off-target potential of antisense strand will be relevant

To identify potential off-target genes, 19mer candidate sequences were subjected to a homology search against publically available human mRNA sequences.

The following off-target properties for each 19mer input sequence were extracted for each, off-target gene to calculate the off-target score:

Number of mismatches in non-seed region

Number of mismatches in seed region

Number of mismatches in cleavage site region

The off-target score was calculated for considering assumption 1 to 3 as follows:

Off-target score number of seed mismatches*10

+ number of cleavage site mismatches*1.2

+ number of non-seed mismatches*1

The most relevant off-target gene for each siRNA corresponding to the input 19mer sequence was defined as the gene with the lowest off-target score. Accordingly, the lowest off-target score was defined as the relevant off-target score for each siRNA.

dsRNA Synthesis

Source of Reagents

Where the source of a reagent is not specifically given herein, such reagent may be obtained from any supplier of reagents for molecular biology at a quality/purity standard for application in molecular biology.

siRNA Synthesis

Single-stranded RNAs were produced by solid phase synthesis on a scale of 1 μmole using an Expedite 8909 synthesizer (Applied Biosystems, Applera Deutschland GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany) and controlled pore glass (CPG, 500 Å, Proligo Biochemie GmbH, Hamburg, Germany) as solid support. RNA and RNA containing 2′-O-methyl nucleotides were generated by solid phase synthesis employing the corresponding phosphoramidites and 2-O-methyl phosphoramidites, respectively (Proligo Biochemie GmbH, Hamburg, Germany). These, building blocks were incorporated at selected sites within the sequence of the oligoribonucleotide chain using standard nucleoside phosphoramidite chemistry such as described in Current, protocols in nucleic acid chemistry, Beaucage, S. L. et al. (Edrs.), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, N.Y., USA, Phosphorothioate linkages were introduced by replacement of the iodine oxidizer solution with a solution of the Beaucage reagent (Chruachem Ltd, Glasgow, UK) in acetonitrile (1%). Further ancillary reagents were obtained from Mallinckrodt Baker (Griesheim, Germany).

Deprotection and purification of the crude oligoribonucleotides by anion exchange HPLC were carried, out according to established procedures. Yields and concentrations were determined by UV absorption of a solution of the respective RNA at a wavelength, of 260 nm using a spectral photometer (DU 640B, Beckman Coulter GmbH, Unterschleiβheim, Germany), Double stranded RNA was generated, by mixing an equimolar solution of complementary strands, in annealing buffer (20 mM sodium phosphate, pH 6.8; 100 mM sodium chloride), healed in a water bath at 85-90° C. for 3 minutes and cooled to room temperature over a period of 3-4 hours. The annealed RNA solution was stored at −20° C. until use.

For the synthesis of 3′-cholesterol-conjugated siRNAs (herein referred to as -Chol-3′), an appropriately modified solid support was used for RNA synthesis. The modified solid support was prepared as follows:

Diethyl-2-azabutane-1,4-dicarboxylate AA

A 4.7 M aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide (50 mL) was added into a stirred, ice-cooled solution of ethyl glycinate hydrochloride (32.19 g, 0.23 mole) in water (50 mL). Then, ethyl acrylate (23.1 g, 0.23 mole) was added and the mixture was stirred at room temperature until completion of the reaction was ascertained by TLC. After 19 h the solution was partitioned with dichloromethane (3×100 mL). The organic layer was dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered and evaporated. The residue was distilled to afford AA (28.8 g, 61%).

3-{Ethoxycarbonylmethyl-[6-(9H-fluoren-9-ylmethoxycarbonyl-amino)-hexanoyl]-amino}-propionic acid ethyl ester AB

Fmoc-6-amino-hexanoic acid (9.12 g, 25.83 mmol) was dissolved in dichloromethane (50 mL) and cooled with ice. Diisopropylcarbodiimide (3.25 g, 3.99 mL, 25.83 mmol) was added to the solution at 0° C. It was then followed by the addition of Diethyl-azabutane-1,4-dicarboxylate (5 g, 24.6 mmol) and dimethylamino pyridine (0.305 g> 2.5 mmol). The solution was brought to room temperature and stirred further: for 6 h. Completion of the reaction was ascertained by TLC. The reaction mixture was concentrated under vacuum and ethyl acetate was added to precipitate diisopropyl urea. The suspension was filtered. The filtrate was washed with 5% aqueous hydrochloric acid, 5% sodium bicarbonate and water. The combined organic layer was dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated to give the crude product which was purified by column chromatography (50% EtOAC/Hexanes) to yield 11.87 g (88%) of AB.

3[(6-Amino-hexanoyl)-ethoxycarbonylmethyl-amino]-propionic acid ethyl ester AC

3-{Ethoxycarbonylmethyl-[6-(9H-fluoren-9-ylmethoxycarbonylamino)-hexanoyl]-amino}-propionic acid ethyl ester AB (11.5 g, 21.3 mmol) was dissolved in 20% piperidine in dimethylformamide at 0° C. The solution was continued stirring for 1 h. The reaction mixture was concentrated under vacuum, water was added to the residue, and the product was extracted with ethyl acetate. The crude product was purified by conversion into its hydrochloride salt.

3-({6-[17-(1,5-Dimethylhexyl)-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17-tetradecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-yloxycarbonylamino]-hexanoyl}ethoxycarbonylmethyl-amino)-propionic acid ethyl ester AD

The hydrochloride salt of 3-[(6-Amino-hexanoyl)-ethoxycarbonylmethyl-amino]-propionic acid ethyl ester AC (4.7 g, 14.8 mmol) was taken up in dichloromethane. The suspension was cooled to 0° C. on ice. To the suspension diisopropylethylamine (3.87 g, 5.2 mL, 30 mmol) was added. To the resulting solution cholesteryl chloroformate (6.675 g, 14.8 mmol) was added. The reaction mixture was stirred overnight. The reaction mixture was diluted with dichloromethane and washed with 10% hydrochloric acid. The product was purified by flash chromatography (10.3 g, 92%).

1-{6-[17-(1,5-Dimethyl-hexyl)-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17-tetradecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a] phenanthren-3-yloxycarbonylamino]hexanoyl}-4-oxo-pyrrolidine-3-carboxylic acid ethyl ester AE

Potassium t-butoxide (1.1 g, 9.8 mmol) was slurried in 30 mL of dry toluene. The mixture was cooled to 0° C. on ice and 5 g (6.6 mmol) of diester AD was added slowly with stirring within 20 mins. The temperature was kept below 5° C. during the addition. The stirring was continued for 30 mins at 0° C. and 1 mL of glacial acetic acid was added, immediately followed by 4 g of NaH₂PO₄.H₂O in 40 mL of water. The resultant mixture was extracted twice with 100 mL of dichloromethane each and the combined organic extracts were washed twice with 11.0 mL of phosphate buffer each, dried, and evaporated to dryness. The residue was dissolved in 60 mL of toluene, cooled to 0° C. and extracted with three 50 mL portions of cold phi 9.5 carbonate buffer. The aqueous extracts were adjusted to pH 3 with phosphoric acid, and extracted with five 40 mL portions of chloroform which were combined, dried and evaporated to dryness. The residue was purified by column chromatography using 25% ethylacetate/hexane to afford 1.9 g of b-ketoester (39%).

[6-(3-Hydroxy-4-hydroxymethyl-pyrrolidin-1-yl)-6-oxo-hexyl]-carbamic acid 17-(1,5-dimethyl-hexyl)-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17-tetradecahydro-1H-cyelopenta[a]phenanthren-3-yl ester AF

Methanol (2 mL) was added dropwise over a period of 1 h to a refluxing mixture of b-ketoester AE (1.5 g, 2.2 mmol) and sodium borohydride (0.226 g, 6 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (10 mL). Stirring was continued at reflux temperature for 1 h. After cooling to room temperature, 1 N HCl (12.5 mL) was added, the mixture was extracted with ethylacetate (3×40 mL). The combined ethylacetate layer was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated under vacuum to yield the product which was purified by column chromatography (10% MeOH/CHCl₃) (89%).

(6-{3-[Bis-(4-methoxy-phenyl)-phenyl-methoxymethyl]-4-hydroxy-pyrrolidin-1-yl}-6-oxy-hexyl)-carbamic acid 17-(1,5-dimethyl-hexyl)-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17-tetradecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-yl ester AG

Diol AF (1.25 gm 1.994 mmol) was dried by evaporating with pyridine (2×5 mL) in vacuo. Anhydrous pyridine (10 mL) and 4,4′-dimethoxytritylchloride (0.724 g, 2.13 mmol) were added with stirring. The reaction was earned out at room temperature overnight. The reaction was quenched by the addition of methanol. The reaction mixture was concentrated under vacuum and to the residue dichloromethane (50 mL) was added. The organic layer was washed with 1M aqueous sodium bicarbonate. The organic layer was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated. The residual pyridine was removed by evaporating with toluene. The crude product was purified by column chromatography (2% MeOH/Chloroform, Rf=0.5 in 5% MeOH/CHCl₃) (1.75 g, 95%).

Succinic acid mono-(4-[bis(4-methoxy-phenyl)-phenyl-methoxymethyl]-1-{6-[17-(1,5-dimethyl-hexyl)-10,13-dimethyl 2,3,4,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17-tetradecahydro-1H cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-yloxycarbonylamino]-hexanoyl}-pyrrolidin-3-yl) ester AH

Compound AG (1.0 g, 1.05 mmol) was mixed with succinic anhydride (0.150 g, 1.5 mmol) and DMAP (0.073 g, 0.6 mmol) and dried in a vacuum at 40° C. overnight. The mixture was dissolved in anhydrous dichloroethane (3 mL), triethylamine (0.318 g, 0.440 mL, 3.15 mmol) was added and the solution was stirred at room temperature under argon atmosphere for 16 h. It was then diluted with dichloromethane (40 mL) and washed with ice cold aqueous citric acid (5 wt %, 30 mL) and water (2×20 mL). The organic phase was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated to dryness. The residue was used as such for the next step.

Cholesterol derivatised CPG AI

Succinate AH (0.254 g, 0.242 mmol) was dissolved in a mixture of dichloromethane/acetonitrile (3:2, 3 mL). To that solution DMA (0.0296 g, 0.242 mmol) in acetonitrile (1.25 mL), 2,2′-Dithio-bis(5-nitropyridine) (0.075 g, 0.242 mmol) in acetonitrile/dichloroethane. (3:1, 1.25 mL) were added successively. To the resulting solution triphenylphosphine (0.064 g, 0.242 mmol) in acetonitrile (0.6 ml) was added. The reaction mixture turned bright orange in color. The solution, was agitated briefly using a wrist-action shaker (5 mins). Long chain alkyl amine-CPG (LCAA-CPG) (1.5 g, 61 mM) was added. The suspension was agitated for 2 h. The CPG was filtered through a sintered funnel and washed with acetonitrile, dichloromethane and ether successively. Unreacted amino groups were masked using acetic anhydride/pyridine. The achieved loading of die CPG was measured by taking UV measurement (37 mM/g).

The synthesis of siRNAs bearing a 5′-12-dodecanoic acid bisdecylamide group (herein referred to as “5-C32-”) or a 5′-cholesteryl derivative group (herein referred to as “5′-Chol-”.) was performed as described in WO 2004/065601, except that, for the cholesteryl derivative, the oxidation step was performed using the Beaucage reagent in order to introduce a phosphorothioate linkage at the 5′-end of the nucleic acid oligomer.

Nucleic acid sequences are represented below using standard nomenclature, and specifically the abbreviations of Table 1-2. TABLE 1-2 Abbreviations of nucleotide monomers used in nucleic acid sequence representation. It will be understood that these monomers, when present in an oligonucleotide, are mutually linked by 5′-3′-phosphodiester bonds. Abbreviation^(a) Nucleotide(s) A, a 2′-deoxy-adenosine-5′-phosphate, adenosine-5′- phosphate C, c 2′-deoxy-cytidine-5′-phosphate, cytidine-5′- phosphate G, g 2′-deoxy-guanosine-5′-phosphate, guanosine-5′- phosphate T, t 2′-deoxy-thymidine-5′-phosphate, thymidine-5′- phosphate U, u 2′-deoxy-uridine-5′-phosphate, uridine-5′- phosphate N, n any 2′-deoxy-nucleotide/nucleotide (G, A, C, or T, g, a, c or u) Am 2′-O-methyladenosine-5′-phosphate Cm 2′-O-methylcytidine-5′-phosphate Gm 2′-O-methylguanosine-5′-phosphate Tm 2′-O-methyl-thymidine-5′-phosphate Um 2′-O-methyluridine-5′-phosphate Af 2′-fluoro-2′-deoxy-adenosine-5′-phosphate Cf 2′-fluoro-2′-deoxy-cytidine-5′-phosphate Gf 2′-fluoro-2′-deoxy-guanosine-5′-phosphate Tf 2′-fluoro-2′-deoxy-thymidine-5′-phosphate Uf 2′-fluoro-2′-deoxy-uridine-5′-phosphate A, C, G, T, U, a, underlined: nucleoside-5′-phosphorothioate c, g, t, u am, cm, gm, tm, underlined: 2-O-methyl-nucleoside-5′-phosphorothioate um ^(a)capital letters represeat 2′-deoxyribonucleotides (DNA), lower case letters represent ribonucleotides (RNA)

PCSK9 siRNA Screening in HuH7, HepG2, Hela and Primary Monkey Hepatocytes Discovers Highly Active Sequences

HuH-7 cells were obtained from JCRB Cell Bank (Japanese Collection of Research Bioresources) (Shinjuku, Japan, cat. No.: JCRB0403) Cells were cultured in Dulbecco's MEM (Biochrom AG, Berlin, Germany, eat. No. F0435) supplemented to contain 10% fetal calf serum (FCS) (Biochrom AG, Berlin, Germany, cat. No. 80115), Penicillin 100 U/ml, Streptomycin 100 μg/ml (Biochrom AG, Berlin, Germany, cat. No, A2213) and 2 mM L-Glutamin (Biochrom AG, Berlin, Germany, cat. No K0282) at 37° C. in an atmosphere with 5% CO₂ in a humidified incubator (Heraeus HERAcell, Kendro Laboratory Products, Langenselbold, Germany). HepG2 and Hela cells were obtained from American Type Culture Collection (Rockville, Md., cat. No, HB-8065) and cultured in MEM (Gibco Invitrogen, Karlsruhe, Germany, eat. No, 21090-022) supplemented to contain 10% fetal calf serum (FCS) (Biochrom AG, Berlin, Germany, cat. No. S0115), Penicillin 100 U/ml, Streptomycin 100 μg/ml (Biochrom AG, Berlin, Germany, cat. No. A2.213), 1× Non Essential Amino Acids (Biochrom AG, Berlin, Germany, cat. No. K-0293), and 1 mM Sodium Pyruvate (Biochrom AG, Berlin, Germany, cat. No. L-0473) at 37° C. in an atmosphere with 5% CO₂ in a humidified incubator (Heraeus HERAcell, Kendro Laboratory Products, Langenselbold, Germany).

For transfection with siRNA, HuH7, HepG2, or Hela cells were seeded at a density of 2.0×10⁴ cells/well in 96-well plates and transfected directly. Transfection of siRNA (30 nM for single dose screen) was carried out with lipofectamine 2000 (Invitrogen GmbH, Karlsruhe, Germany, cat. No. 11668-019) as described by the manufacturer.

24 hours after transfection HuH7 and HepG2 cells were lysed and PCSK9 mRNA levels were quantified with the Quantigene Explore Kit (Genosprectra, Dumbarton Circle Fremont, USA, cat. No. QG-000-02) according to the protocol. PCSK9 mRNA levels were normalized to GAP-DH mRNA. For each siRNA eight individual datapoints were collected, siRNA duplexes unrelated to PCSK9 gene were used as control. The activity of a given. PCSK9 specific siRNA duplex was expressed as percent PCSK9 mRNA concentration in treated cells relative to PCSK9 mRNA concentration in cells treated with the control siRNA duplex.

Primary cynomolgus monkey hepatocytes (cryopreserved) were obtained from In vitro Technologies, Inc. (Baltimore, Md., USA, cat No M00305) and cultured in In VitroGRO CP Medium (cat No Z9.9029) at 37° C. in an atmosphere with 5% CO₂ in a humidified incubator.

For transfection with siRNA, primary cynomolgus monkey cells were seeded on Collagen coated plates (Fisher Scientific, cat. No. 08-774-5) at a density of 3.5×10⁴ cells/well in 96-well plates and transfected directly. Transfection of siRNA (eight 2-fold dilution series starting from 30 nM) in duplicates was carried out with lipofectamine 2000 (Invitrogen GmbH, Karlsruhe, Germany, cat. No. 11668-019) as described by the manufacturer.

16 hours after transaction medium was changed to fresh In VitroGRO CP Medium with Torpedo Antibiotic Mix (In vitro Technologies, Inc, cat. No Z99000) added.

24 hours alter medium change primary cynomolgus monkey cells were lysed and PCSK9 mRNA levels were quantified with the Quantigene Explore Kit (Genosprectra, Dumbarton Circle Fremont, USA, cat. No, QG-000-02) according to the protocol. PCSK9 mRNA levels were normalized to GAPDH mRNA. Normalized PCSK9/GAPDH ratios were then compared to PCSK9/GAPDH ratio of lipofectamine 2000 only control.

Tables 1-2 (and FIG. 6) summarize the results and provides examples of in vitro screens in different cell lines at different doses. Silencing of PCSK9 transcript was expressed as percentage of remaining transcript at a given dose. Highly active sequences are those with less than 70% transcript remaining post treatment with a given siRNA at a dose less than or equal to 100 nm. Very active sequences are those that have less than 60% of transcript remaining after treatment with a dose less than or equal to 100 nM. Active sequences are those that have less than 85% transcript remaining after treatment with a high dose (100 nM). Examples of active siRNA's were also screened in vivo in mouse in lipidoid formulations as described below. Active sequences in vitro were also generally active in vivo (See figure FIG. 6 example).

In vivo Efficacy Screen of PCSK9 siRNAs

Formulation Procedure

The lipidoid LNP-01-4HCl (MW 1487) (FIG. 1), Cholesterol (Sigma-Aldrich), and PEG-Ceramide C16 (Avanti Polar Lipids) were used to prepare lipid-siRNA nanoparticles. Stock solutions of each in ethanol were prepared; LNP-01,133 mg/mL; Cholesterol, 25 mg/mL, PEG-Ceramide C16,100 mg/mL. LNP-01, Cholesterol, and PEG-Ceramide C16 stock solutions were then combined in a 42:48:10 molar ratio. Combined lipid solution was mixed rapidly with aqueous siRNA (in sodium acetate pH 5) such that the final ethanol concentration was 35-45% and the final sodium acetate concentration was 100-300 mM. Lipid-siRNA nanoparticles formed spontaneously upon mixing. Depending on the desired particle size distribution, the resultant nanoparticle mixture was in some cases extruded through a polycarbonate membrane (100 nm cut-off) using a thermobarrel extruder (Lipex Extruder, Northern Lipids, Inc). In other cases, the extrusion step was omitted. Ethanol removal and simultaneous buffer exchange was accomplished by either dialysis or tangential flow filtration. Buffer was exchanged to phosphate buffered saline (PBS) pH 7.2.

Characterization of Formulations

Formulations prepared by either the standard or extrusion-free method are characterized in a similar manner Formulations are first characterized by visual inspection. They should be whitish translucent solutions free from aggregates or sediment. Particle size and particle size distribution of lipid-nanoparticles are measured by dynamic light scattering using a Malvern Zetasizer Nano ZS (Malvern, USA). Particles should be 20-300 nm, and ideally; 40-100 nm in size. The particle size distribution should be unimodal. The total siRNA concentration in the formulation, as well as the entrapped fraction, is estimated using a dye exclusion assay. A sample of the formulated siRNA is incubated with the RNA-binding dye Ribogreen (Molecular Probes) in the presence or absence of a formulation disrupting surfactant, 0.5% Triton-X100. The total siRNA in the formulation is determined by the signal from the sample containing the surfactant, relative to a standard curve. The entrapped traction is determined by subtracting the “free” siRNA content (as measured by the signal in the absence of surfactant) from the total siRNA content. Percent entrapped siRNA is typically >85%.

Bolus Dosing

Bolus dosing of formulated siRNAs in C57/BL6 mice (5/group, 8-10 weeks old, Charles River Laboratories, MA) was performed by tail vein injection using a 27G needle. SiRNAs were formulated in LNP-01 (and then dialyzed against PBS) at 0.5 mg/ml concentration allowing the delivery of the 5 mg/kg dose in 10 μl/g body weight. Mice were kept under an infrared lamp for approximately 3 min prior to dosing to ease injection.

48 hour post dosing mice were sacrificed by CO₂ asphyxiation. 0.2 ml blood was collected by retro-orbital bleeding and the liver was harvested and frozen in liquid nitrogen. Serum and livers were stored at −80° C.

Frozen livers were grinded using 6850 Freezer/Mill Cryogenic Grinder (SPEX CentriPrep, Inc) and powders stored at −80° C. until analysis.

PCSK9 mRNA levels were detected using the branched-DNA technology based kit from QuantiGene Reagent System (Genospectra) according to the protocol. 10-20 mg of frozen liver powders was lysed in 600 ul of 0.16 ug/ml Proteinase K (Epicentre, #MPRK092) in Tissue and Cell Lysis Solution (Epicentre, #MTC096H) at 65° C. for 3 hours. Then 10 ul of the lysates were added to 90 ul of Lysis Working Reagent (1 volume of stock Lysis Mixture in two volumes of water) and incubated at 52° C. overnight on Genospectra capture plates with probe sets specific to mouse PCSK9 and mouse GAPDH or cyclophilin B. Nucleic acid sequences for Capture Extender (CE), Label Extender (LE) and blocking (BL) probes were selected from the nucleic-acid sequences of PCSK9, GAPDH and cyclophilin B with the help of the QuantiGene ProbeDesigner Software 2.0 (Genospectra, Fremont, Calif., USA, cat No. QG-Q002-G02). Chemo luminescence was read on a Victor2-Light (Perkin Elmer) as Relative light units. The ratio of PCSK9 mRNA to GAPDH or cyclophilin B mRNA in liver lysates was averaged over each treatment group and compared to a control group treated with PBS or a control group treated with an unrelated siRNA (blood coagulation factor VII).

Total serum cholesterol in mouse serum was measured using the StanBio Cholesterol LiquiColor kit (StanBio Laboratory, Boerne, Tex., USA) according to manufacturer's instructions. Measurements were taken on a Victor2 1420 Multilabel Counter (Perkin Elmer) at 495 nm.

EXAMPLES

32 PCSK9 siRNAs formulated in LNP-01 liposomes were tested in vivo in a mouse model. The experiment was performed at 5 mg/kg siRNA dose and at least 10 PCSK9 siRNAs showed more than 40% PCSK9 mRNA knock down compared to a control group treated with PBS, while control group treated with an unrelated siRNA (blood coagulation factor VII) had no effect (FIGS. 2-5). Silencing of PCSK9 transcript also coorelated with a lowering of cholesterol in these animals (FIGS. 4-5). In addition there was a strong coorelation between those molecules that were active in vitro and those active in vivo (FIG. 6). Sequences containing different chemical modifications were also screened in vitro (Tables 1 and 2) and in vivo. As an example, less modified sequences 9314 and 9318, and a more modified versions of that sequence 9314-(10792, 10793, and 10796); 9318-(10794, 10795, 10797) were tested both in vitro (In primary monkey hepatocytes) or in vivo (9314 and 10792) formulated in LNP-01. FIG. 7 (also see Tables 1 and 2) shows that the parent molecules 9314 and 9318 and the modified versions are all active in vitro. FIG. 8 as an example shows that both the parent 9314 and the more highly modified 10792 sequences are active in vivo displaying 50-60% silencing of endogenous PCSK9 in mice. FIG. 9 further exemplifies that activity of other chemically modified versions of the parents 9314 and 10792.

dsRNA Expression Vectors

In another aspect of the invention, PCSK9 specific dsRNA molecules that modulate PCSK9 gene expression activity are expressed from transcription units inserted into DNA or RNA vectors (see, e.g., Couture, A. et al., TIG. (1996), 12:5-10; Skillern, A., et al., International PCT Publication No. WO 00/22113, Conrad, International PCT Publication No. WO 00/22114, and Conrad, U.S. Pat. No. 6,054,299). These transgenes can be introduced as a linear construct a circular plasmid, or a viral vector, which can be incorporated and inherited as a transgene integrated into the host genome. The transgene can also be constructed to permit it to be inherited as an extrachromosomal plasmid (Gassmann, et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (1995) 92:1292).

The individual strands of a dsRNA can be transcribed by promoters on two separate expression vectors and co-transfected into a target cell. Alternatively each individual strand of the dsRNA can be transcribed by promoters both of which are located on the same expression plasmid. In a preferred embodiment, a dsRNA is expressed as an inverted repeat joined by a linker polynucleotide sequence such that the dsRNA has a stem and loop structure.

The recombinant dsRNA expression vectors are generally DNA plasmids or viral vectors. dsRNA expressing viral vectors can be constructed based on, but not limited to, adeno-associated virus (for a review, see Muzyczka, et al., Curr. Topics Micro. Immunol. (1992) 158:97-129)); adenovirus (see, for example, Berkner, et al., BioTechniques (1998) 6:616), Rosenfeld et al. (1991, Science 252:431-434), and Rosenfeld et al. (1992), Cell 68:143-155)); or alphavirus as well as others blown in the art. Retroviruses have been used to introduce a variety of genes into many different cell types, including epithelial cells, in vitro and/or in vivo (see, e.g., Eglitis, et al., Science (1985) 230:1395-1398; Danes and Mulligan, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (1998) 85:6460-6464; Wilson et al., 1988, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 85:3014-3018; Armentano et al., 1990, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 87:61416145; Huber et al., 1991, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 88:8039-8043; Ferry et al., 1991, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 88:8377-8381; Chowdhury et al., 1991, Science 254:1802-1805; van Beuscechem, et al. 1992, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 89:7640-19; Kay et al., 1992, Human Gene Therapy 3:641-647; Dai et al., 1992, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 89:10892-10895; Hwu et al., 1993, J. Immunol. 150:4104-4115; U.S. Pat. No. 4,868,116; U.S. Pat. No. 4,980,286; PCT Application WO 89/07136; PCT Application. WO 89/02468; PCT Application WO 89/05345; and PCT Application WO 92/07573). Recombinant retroviral vectors capable of transducing and expressing genes inserted into the genome of a cell can be produced by transfecting the recombinant retroviral genome into suitable packaging cell lines such as PA317 and Psi-CRIP (Comette et al., 1991, Human Gene Therapy 2:5-10; Cone et al., 1984, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci, USA 81:6349). Recombinant adenoviral vectors can be used to infect a wide variety of cells and tissues in susceptible hosts (e.g., rat, hamster, dog, and chimpanzee) (Hsu et al., 1992. J. Infectious Disease, 166:769), and also have the advantage of not requiring mitotically active cells for infection.

The promoter driving dsRNA expression in either a DNA plasmid or viral vector of the invention may be a eukaryotic RNA polymerase I (e.g. liposomal RNA promoter), RNA polymerase II (e.g. CMV early promoter or actin promoter or U6 snRNA promoter) or generally RNA polymerase III promoter (e.g. U6 snRNA or 7SK RNA promoter) or a prokaryotic promoter, for example the T7 promoter, provided the expression plasmid also encodes T7 RNA polymerase required for transcription from a T7 promoter. The promoter can also direct transgene expression, to the pancreas (see, e.g. the insulin regulatory sequence for pancreas (Bucchini et al., 1986, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 83:2511-2515)).

In addition, expression of the transgene can be precisely regulated, for example, by using an inducible regulatory sequence and expression systems such as a regulatory sequence that is sensitive to certain physiological regulators, e.g., circulating glucose levels, or hormones (Docherty et al., 1994, FASEB J. 8:20-24). Such inducible expression systems, suitable for the control of transgene expression in cells or in mammals include regulation by ecdysone, by estrogen, progesterone, tetracycline, chemical, inducers of dimerization, and isopropyl-beta-D1-thiogalactopyranoside (EPTG). A person skilled in the art would be able to choose the appropriate regulatory/promoter sequence based on the intended use of the dsRNA transgene.

Generally, recombinant vectors capable of expressing dsRNA molecules are delivered as described below, and persist in target cells. Alternatively, viral vectors can be used that provide for transient expression of dsRNA molecules. Such vectors can be repeatedly administered as necessary. Once expressed, the dsRNAs bind to target RNA and modulate its function or expression. Delivery of dsRNA expressing vectors can be systemic, such as by intravenous or intramuscular administration, by administration to target cells ex-planted from the patient followed by reintroduction into the patient, or by any other means that allows for introduction into a desired target cell.

dsRNA expression DNA plasmids are typically transfected into target cells as a complex with cationic lipid carriers (e.g. Oligofectamine) or non-cationic lipid-based carriers (e.g. Transit-TKO™). Multiple lipid transfections for dsRNA-mediated knockdowns targeting different regions of a single PCSK9 gene or multiple PCSK9 genes over a period of a week or more are also contemplated by the invention. Successful introduction of the vectors of the invention into host cells can be monitored using various known methods. For example, transient transfection. can be signaled with, a reporter, such as a fluorescent marker, such as Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP). Stable transfection. of ex vivo cells can be ensured using markers that provide the transfected cell with resistance to specific environmental factors (e.g., antibiotics and drugs), such as hygromycin B resistance.

The PCSK9 specific dsRNA molecules can also be inserted into vectors and used as gene therapy vectors for human patients. Gene therapy vectors can be delivered to a subject by, for example, intravenous injection, local administration (see U.S. Pat. No. 5,328,470) or by stereotactic injection (see e.g., Chen et al. (1994) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 91:3054-3057). The pharmaceutical preparation of the gene therapy vector can include the gene therapy vector in an acceptable diluent, or can comprise a slow release matrix in which the gene delivery vehicle is imbedded. Alternatively, where the complete gene delivery vector can be produced intact from recombinant cells, e.g., retroviral vectors, the pharmaceutical preparation can include one or more cells which produce the gene delivery system.

Those skilled in the art are familiar with methods and compositions in addition to those specifically set out in the instant disclosure which will allow them to practice this invention to the full scope of the claims hereinafter appended. Mean percent re- maining mRNA trans- cript at siRNA concentration/in IC50 in position in cell type Cynomol- human 100 30 3 IC50 gous access. # SEQ SEQ nM/ nM/ nM/ 30 in monkey NM_17493 ID ID Duplex HepG HepG HepG nM/ HepG Hepatacyte 6 Sense strand sequence (5′-3′)¹ NO: Antisense-strand sequence (5′-3′)¹ NO: name 2 2 2 Hela 2 [nM] [nM]s  2-20 AGCGACGUCGAGGCGCUCATT 1 UGAGCGCCUCGACGCCGCUTT 2 AD- 35 15220 15-33 CGCUCAUGGUUGCAGGCGGTT 3 CCGCCUGCAACCAUGAGCGTT 4 AD- 56 15275 16-34 GCUCAUGGUUGCAGGCGGGTT 5 CCCGCCUGCAACCAUGAGCTT 6 AD- 70 15301 30-48 GCGGGCGCCGCCGUUCAGUTT 7 ACUGAACGGCGGCGCCCGCTT 8 AD- 42 15276 31-49 CGGGCGCCGCCGUUCAGUUTT 9 AACUGAACGGCGGCGCCCGTT 10 AD- 32 15302 32-50 GGGCGCCGCCGUUCAGUUCTT 11 GAACUGAACGGCGGCGCCCTT 12 AD- 37 15303 40-58 CCGUUCAGUUCAGGGUCUGTT 13 CAGACCCUGAACUGAACGGTT 14 AD- 30 15221 43-61 UUCAGUUCAGGGUCUGAGCTT 15 GCUCAGACCCUGAACUGAATT 16 AD- 61 15413  82-100 GUGAGACGGGCUCGGGCGGTT 17 CCGCCCGAGCCAGUCUCACTT 18 AD- 70 15304 100-118 GGCCGGGACGCGUCGUUGCTT 19 GCAACGACGCGUCCCGGCCTT 20 AD- 36 15305 101-119 GCCGGGACGCGUCGUUGCATT 21 UGCAACGACGCGUCCCGGCTT 22 AD- 20 15306 102-120 CCGGGACGCGUCGUUGCAGTT 23 CUGCAACGACGCGUCCCGGTT 24 AD- 38 15307 105-123 GGACGCGUCGUUGCAGCAGTT 25 CUGCUGCAACGACGCGUCCTT 26 AD- 50 135-153 CCCCAGCCAGGAUUCCGCGTsT 27 CGCGGAAUCCUGGCUGGGATsT 28 AD- 74 89 9526 135-153 ucctAGccAGGAuuccGcGTsT 29 CGCGGAAUCCUGGCUGGGATsT 30 AD- 97 9652 136-154 CCCAGCCAGGAUUCCGCGCTsT 31 GCGCGGAAUCCUGGCUGGGTsT 32 AD- 78 9519 136-154 cccAGccAGGAuuccGcGcTsT 33 GCGCGGAAUCCUGGCUGGGTsT 34 AD- 66 9646 138-156 CAGCCAGGAUUCCGCGCGCTsT 35 GCGCGCGGAAGCCUGGCUGTsT 36 AD- 55 9523 138-156 cAGccAGGAuuccGcGcGcTsT 37 GCGCGCGGAAUCCUGGCUGTsT 38 AD- 60 9649 185-203 AGCUCCUGCACAGUCCUCCTsT 39 GGAGGACUGUGCAGGAGCUTsT 40 AD- 112 9569 185-203 AGcuccaGcAcAGuccuccTsT 41 GGAGGACUGCGcAGGAGCUTsT 42 AD- 102 9695 205-223 CACCGCAAGGCUCAAGGCGTT 43 CGCCUUGAGCCUUGCGGUGTT 44 AD- 75 15222 208-226 CGCAAGGCUCAAGGCGCCGTT 45 CGGCGCCUUGAGCCUUGCGTT 46 AD- 78 15278 210-228 CAAGGCUCAAGGCGCCGCCTT 47 GGCGGCGCCUUGAGCCUUGTT 48 AD- 83 15178 232-250 GUGGACCGCGCACGGCCUCTT 49 GAGGCCGUGCGCGGUCCACTT 50 AD- 84 15308 233-251 UGGACCGCGCACGGCCGCGTT 51 AGAGGCCGUGCGCGGCCCATT 52 AD- 67 15223 234-252 GGACCGCGCACGGCCUCUATT 53 UAGAGGCCGUGCGCGGUCCTT 54 AD- 34 15309 235-253 GACCGCGCACGGCCUCUAGTT 55 CUAGAGGCCGUGCGCGGUCTT 56 AD- 44 15279 236-254 ACCGCGCACGGCCUCUAGGTT 57 CCUAGAGGCCGUGCGCGGUTT 58 AD- 63 15194 237-255 CCGCGCACGGCCUCUAGGUTT 59 ACCUAGAGGCCGUGCGCGGTT 60 AD- 42 15310 238-256 CGCGCACGGCCUCUAGGUCTT 61 GACCUAGAGGCCGUGCGCGTT 62 AD- 30 35311 239-257 GCGCACGGCCUCUAGGUCUTT 63 AGACCUAGAGGCCGUGCGCTT 64 AD- 18 15392 240-258 CGCACGGCCUCUAGGUCUCTT 65 GAGACCUAGAGGCCGUGCGTT 66 AD- 21 15312 248-266 CUCUAGGUCUCCUCGCCAGTT 67 CUGGCGAGGAGACCUAGAGTT 68 AD- 19 15313 249-267 UCUAGGUCUCCUCGCCAGGTT 69 CCUGGCGAGGAGACCUAGATT 70 AD- 81 15280 250-268 CUAGGUCUCCUCGCCAGGATT 71 GCCUGGCGAGGAGACCUAGTT 72 AD- 82 15267 252-270 AGGUCUCCUCGCCAGGACATT 73 GGUCCUGGCGAGGAGACCUTT 74 AD- 32 15314 258-276 CCUCGCCAGGACAGCAACCTT 75 GGUUGCUGUCCUGGCGAGGTT 76 AD- 74 15315 300-318 CGUCAGCUCCAGGCGGUCCTsT 77 GGACCGCCUGGAGCUGACGTsT 78 AD- 94 9624 300-318 cGucAGcuccAGGcGGuccTsT 79 GGACCGCCUGGAGCUGACGTsT 80 AD- 96 9750 301-319 GUCAGCUCCAGGCGGUCCUTsT 81 AGGACCGCCUGGAGCGGACTsT 82 AD- 43 66 9623 301-319 GucAGcuccAGGcGGuccuTsT 83 AGGACCGCCUGGAGCUGACTsT 84 AD- 105 9749 370-388 GGCGCCCGUGCGCAGGAGGTT 85 CCUCCUGCGCACGGGCGCCTT 86 AD- 48 15384 408-426 GGAGCUGGUGCUAGCCUUGTsT 87 CAAGGCUAGCACCAGCUCCTsT 88 AD- 32 28 0.20 9607 408-426 GGAGcuGGuGcuAGccuuGTsT 89 cAAGGCuAGcACcAGCUCCTsT 90 AD- 78 73 9733 411-429 GCUGGUGCUAGCCUUGCGUTsT 91 ACGCAAGGCUAGCACCAGCTsT 92 AD- 23 28 0.07 9524 411-429 GcuGGuGcuAGccuuGcGuTsT 93 ACGuAAGGCuAGcACcAGCTsT 94 AD- 91 90 9650 412-430 CUGGUGCUAGCCUUGCGUUTsT 95 AACGCAAGGCUAGCACCAGTsT 96 AD- 23 32 9520 412-430 CUGGUGCUAGCCUUGCGUUTsT 97 AACGCAAGGCUAGCACCAGTsT 98 AD- 23 9520 412-430 cuGGuGcuAGccuuGcGucTsT 99 AACGcAAGGCuAGcACcAGTsT 100 AD- 97 108 9646 416-434 UGCCAGCCUUGCGUUCCGATsT 101 UCGGAACGCAAGGCUAGCATsT 102 AD- 37 9608 416-434 uGcuAGccuuGcGuuccGATsT 103 UCGGAACGcAAGGCuAGcATsT 104 AD- 91 9734 419-437 UAGCCUUGCGUUCCGAGGATsT 105 UCCUCGGAACGCAAGGCUATsT 106 AD- 32 9546 419-437 uAGccuuGcGuuccGAGGATsT 107 UCCUCGGAACGcAAGGCuATsT 108 AD- 57 9672 439-457 GACGGCCUGGCCGAAGCACTT 109 GUGCUUCGGCCAGGCCGUCTT 110 AD- 54 15385 447-465 GGCCGAAGCACCCGAGCACTT 111 GUGCUCGGGUGCUUCGGCCTT 112 AD- 31 15393 448-466 GCCGAAGCACCCGAGCACGTT 113 CGUGCUUGGGUGCUUCGGCTT 114 AD- 37 15316 449-467 CCGAAGCACCCGAGCACCGTT 115 CCGUGCUCGGGUGCUUCGGTT 116 AD- 37 15317 458-476 CCGAGCACGGAACCACAGCTT 117 GCUGUGGUUCCGUGCUCGGTT 118 AD- 63 484-502 CACCGCUGCGCCAAGGAUCTT 119 GAUCCUUGGCGCAGCGGUGTT 120 AD- 45 15195 486-504 CCGCUGCGCCAAGGAUCCGTT 121 CGGAUCCUUGGCGCAGCGGTT 122 AD- 57 15224 487-505 CGCUGCGCCAAGGAUCCGUTT 123 ACGGAUCCUUGGCGCAGCGTT 124 AD- 42 15188 489-507 CUGCGCCAAGGAUCCGUGGTT 125 CCACGGAUCCUUGGCGCAGTT 126 AD- 51 15225 500-518 AUCCGUGGAGGUUGCCUGGTT 127 CCAGGCAACCUCCACGGAUTT 128 AD- 89 15281 509-527 GGUUGCCUGGCACCUACGUTT 129 ACGUAGGUGCCAGGCAACCTT 130 AD- 75 15282 542-560 AGGAGACCCACCUCUCGCATT 131 UGCGAGAGGUGGGUCUCCUTT 132 AD- 61 15319 543-561 GGAGACCCACCUCUGGCAGTT 133 CUGCGAGAGGUGGGUCUCCTT 134 AD- 56 15226 544-562 GAGACCCACCUCUCGCAGUTT 135 ACUGCGAGAGGUGGGUCUCTT 136 AD- 25 15271 549-567 CCACCUCUCGCAGUCAGAGTT 137 CUCUGACUGCGAGAGGUGGTT 138 AD- 25 15283 552-570 CCUCUCGCAGUCAGAGCGCTT 139 GCGCUCUGACUGCGAGAGGTT 140 AD- 64 15284 553-571 CUCUCGCAGUCAGAGCGCATT 141 UGCGCUCUGACUGCGAGAGTT 142 AD- 37 15189 554-572 UCUCGCAGUCAGAGCGCACTT 143 GUGCGCUCUGACUGCGAGATT 144 AD- 62 15227 555-573 CUCGCAGUCAGAGCGCACUTsT 145 AGUGCGCUCUGACUGCGAGTsT 146 AD- 31 29 0.20 9547 555-573 cucGcAGucAGAGcGcAcuTsT 147 AGUGCGCUCUGACUGCGAGTsT 148 AD- 56 57 9673 558-576 GCAGUCAGAGCGCACUGCCTsT 149 GGCAGUGCGCUCUGACUGCTsT 150 AD- 54 60 9548 558-576 GcAGucAGAGcGcAcuGccTsT 151 GGcAGUGCGCUCUGACUGCTsT 152 AD- 36 57 9674 606-624 GGGAUACCUCACCAAGAUCTsT 153 GAUCUUGGUGAGGUAUCCCTsT 154 AD- 60 9529 606-624 GGGAuAccucAccAAGAucTsT 155 GAUCUUGGUGAGGuAUCCCTsT 156 AD- 140 9655 659-677 UGGUGAAGAUGAGUGGGGATsT 157 UCGCCACUCAUCUUCACCATsT 158 AD- 27 31 0.27 9605 659-677 uGGuGAAGAuGAGuGGcGATsT 159 UCGCcACUcAUCCUUACcATsT 160 AD- 31 31 0.32 9731 663-681 GAAGAUGAGUGGCGACCUGTsT 161 CAGGUCGCCACUCAUCUUCTsT 162 AD- 37 9596 663-681 GAAGAuGAGuGGcGAccuGTsT 163 cAGGUCGCcACUcAUCUUCTsT 164 AD- 76 9722 704-722 CCCAUGUCGACUACAUCGATsT 165 UCGAUGUAGUCGACAUGGGTsT 166 AD- 42 9583 704-722 cccAuGucGAcuAcAucGATsT 167 UCGAUGuAGUCGAcAUGGGTsT 168 AD- 104 9709 718-736 AUCGAGGAGGACUCCUCUGTsT 169 CAGAGGAGUCCUCCUCGAUTsT 170 AD- 113 9579 718-736 AucGAGGAGGAcuccucuGTsT 171 cAGAGGAGUCCUCCUCGAUTsT 172 AD- 81 9705 758-776 GGAACCUGGAGCGGAUUACTT 173 GUAAUCCGCUCCAGGUUCCTT 174 AD- 32 15394 759-777 GAACCUGGAGCGGAUUACCTT 175 GGUAAUCCGCUCCAGGUUCTT 176 AD- 72 15196 760-778 AACCUGGAGCGGAUUACCCTT 177 GGGUAAUCCGCUCCAGGUUTT 178 AD- 85 15197 777-795 CCCUCCACGGUACCGGGCGTT 179 CGCCCGGUACCGUGGAGGGTT 180 AD- 71 15198 782-800 CACGGUACCGGGCGGAUGATsT 181 UCAUCCGCCCGGUACCGUGTsT 182 AD- 66 71 9609 782-800 cAcGGuAccGGGcGGAuGATsT 183 UcAUCCGCCCGGuACCGUGTsT 184 AD- 115 9735 783-801 ACGGUACCGGGCGGAUGAATsT 185 UUCAUCCGCCCGGUACCGUTsT 186 AD- 145 9537 783-801 AcGGuAccGGGcGGAuGAATsT 187 UUcAUCCGCCCGGuACCGUTsT 188 AD- 102 9663 784-802 CGGUACCGGGCGGAUGAAUTsT 189 AUUCAUCCGCCCGGUACCGTsT 190 AD- 113 9528 784-802 cGGuAccGGGcGGAuGAAuTsT 191 AUUcAUCCGCCCGGuACCGTsT 192 AD- 107 9654 785-803 GGUACCGGGCGGAUGAAUATsT 193 UAUUCAUCCGCCCGGUACCTsT 194 AD- 49 9615 785-803 GGuAccGGGcGGAuGAAcATsT 195 uAUUcAUCCGCCCGGuACCTsT 196 AD- 92 9641 786-804 GUACCGGGCGGAUGAAUACTsT 197 GUAUUCACCCGCCCGGUACTsT 198 AD- 57 9514 786-804 GuAccGGGcGGAuGAAuACTsT 199 GuAUUcAUCCGCCCGGuACTsT 200 AD- 89 9640 788-806 ACCGGGCGGAUGAAUACCATsT 201 UGGUAUUCAUCCGCCCGGUTsT 202 AD- 75 9530 788-806 AccGGGcGGAuGAAuAccATsT 203 UGGuAUUcAUCCGCCCGGUTsT 204 AD- 77 9656 789-807 CCGGGCGGAUGAAUACCAGTsT 205 CUGGUAUCCAUCCGCCCGGTsT 206 AD- 79 80 9538 789-807 ccGGGcGGAuGAAuAccAGTsT 207 CUGGuAUUcAUCCGCCCGGTsT 208 AD- 53 9664 825-843 CCUGGUGGAGGUGUAUCUCTsT 209 GAGAUACACCUCCACCAGGTsT 210 AD- 69 83 9598 825-843 ccuGGuGGAGGuGuAucucTsT 211 GAGAuAcACCUCcACcAGGTsT 212 AD- 127 9724 826-844 CUGGUGGAGGUGUAUCUCCTsT 213 GGAGAUACACCUCCACCAGTsT 214 AD- 58 88 9625 826-844 cuGGuGGAGGuGuAucuccTsT 215 GGAGAuAcACCUGcACcAGTsT 216 AD- 60 9751 827-845 UGGUGGAGGUGUAUCUCCUTsT 217 AGGAGAUACACCUCCACCATsT 218 AD- 46 9556 827-845 uGGuGGAGGuGuAucuccuTsT 219 AGGAGAuAcACCUGcACcATsT 220 AD- 38 9682 828-846 GGUGGAGGUGUAUCUCCUATsT 221 UAGGAGAUACACCUCCACCTsT 222 AD- 56 63 9539 828-846 GGuGGAGGuGuAucuccuATsT 223 uAGGAGAuAcACCUGcACCTsT 224 AD- 83 9665 831-849 GGAGGUGUAUCUCCUAGACTsT 225 GUCUAGGAGAUACACCUCCTsT 226 AD- 36 9517 831-849 GGAGGcGuAucuccuAGAcTsT 227 GUCuAGGAGAuAcACCUCCTsT 228 AD- 40 9643 833-851 AGGUGUAUCUCCUAGACACTsT 229 GUGUCUAGGAGAUACACCUTsT 230 AD- 36 34 0.04 9610 833-851 AGGuGuAucuccuAGAcAcTsT 231 GUGUCuAGGAGAuAcACCUTsT 232 AD- 22 29 0.04 9736 833-851 AfgGfuGfUAfuCfuCfcUfaGfaCfaCTTsT 233 p-gUfgUfcUfaGfgAfgAfaAfcAcCfaTsT 234 AD- 33 14681 833-851 AGGUfGUfAUfCfUfCfCfUfAGACfACfTsT 235 GGfGUfCfUfAGGAGAUfACfACfCfUfTsT 236 AD- 27 14691 833-851 AgGuGuAaCaCcUaGuCaCTsT 237 p-gUfgUfcUfaGfgAfgAfuAfcAfcCfuTsT 238 AD- 32 14701 833-851 AgGuGuAaCuCcUaGaCaCTsT 239 GUfGUfCfUfAGGAGAUfACfACfCfUfTsT 240 AD- 33 14711 833-851 AfgGfuGfuAfuCfuCfcUfaGfaCfaCfTsT 241 GUGUCuaGGagAUACAccuTsT 242 AD- 22 14721 833-851 AGGUfGUfAUfCfUfCfCfUfAGACfACfTsT 243 GUGUCuaGGagAUACAccuTsT 244 AD- 21 14731 833-851 AgGuGuAuCuCcUaGaCaCTsT 245 GUGUCuaGGagAUACAccuTsT 246 AD- 23 14741 833-851 GfcAfcCfcUfcAfuAfgGfcCfuGfgAfTsT 247 p-uCfcAfgGgcCfuAfcGfaGfgCfuGfcTsT 248 AD- 37 15087 833-851 GCfACfCfCfUfCfAUfAGGCfCfUfGGATsT 249 UfCfCfAGGCfCfUfAUfGAGGGUfGCfTsT 250 AD- 51 15097 833-851 GcAcCcUcAuAgGcCuGgATsT 251 p-aCfcAfgGfcCfuAfaGfaGfgGfaGfcTsT 252 AD- 26 15107 833-851 GcAcCcUcAuAgGcCuGgATsT 253 UfCfCfAGGCfCfUfAUfGAGGGUfGCfTsT 254 AD- 28 15117 833-851 GfcAfcCfcUfcAfuAfgGfcCfuGfgAfTsT 255 UCCAGgcCUauGAGGGugcTsT 256 AD- 33 15127 833-851 GCfACfCfCfuFCfAUfAGGCfCfUfGGATsT 257 UCCAGgcCUauGAGGGugcTsT 258 AD- 54 15137 833-851 GcAcCcUcAuAgGcCuGgATsT 259 UCCAGgcCUauGAGGGugcTsT 260 AD- 52 15147 836-854 UGUAUCUCCUAGACACCAGTsT 261 CUGGUGUCUAGGAGAUACATsT 262 AD- 94 9516 836-854 uGuAucuccuAGAcAccAGTsT 263 CUGGUGUCuAGGAGAuAcATsT 264 AD- 105 9642 840-858 UCUCCUAGACACCAGCAUATsT 265 UAUGCUGGUGUCUAGGAGATsT 266 AD- 46 51 9562 840-858 ucuccuAGAcAccAGcAuATsT 267 uAUGCUGGUGGCuAGGAGATsT 268 AD- 26 34 4.20 9688 840-858 UfcUfcCfuAfgAfcAfcCfaGfcAfuAfTsT 269 p-uAfuGfcUfgGfuGfuCfuAfgGfaGfaTsT 270 AD- 38 14677 840-858 UfCfCfCfCfUfAGACfACfCfAGCfAUfATsT 271 UfAUfGCfUfGGUfGUfCfUfAGGAGATsT 272 AD- 52 14687 840-858 UcUcCuAgAcAcCaGcAuATsT 273 p-uAfuGfcUfgGfuGfuCfuAfgGfaGfaTsT 274 AD- 35 14697 840-858 UcUcCuAgAcAcCuGcAuATsT 275 UfAUfGCfUfGGUfGUfCfUfAGGAGATsT 276 AD- 58 14707 840-858 UfcUfcCfuAafAfcAfcCfaGfcAfuAfTsT 277 UAUGCugGUguCUAGGagaTsT 278 AD- 42 14717 840-858 UfCfCfCfCfUfAGACfACfCfAGCfAUfATsT 279 UAUGCugGUguCUAGGugaTsT 280 AD- 50 14727 840-858 UcGcCuAgAcAcCaGcAcATsT 281 UAGCGugGUguCUAGGagaTsT 282 AD- 32 14737 840-858 AfgGfcCfuGfgAfgUfuUfaUfuCfgGfTsT 283 p-cCfgAfaUfaAfaCfaCfcAfgGfcCfuTsT 284 AD- 16 15083 840-858 AGGCfCfUfGGAGUfUfCfAUfUfCfGGTsT 285 CfCfGAAUfAAACfGfCfCfAGGCfCfUfTsT 286 AD- 24 15093 840-858 AgGcCuGgAgUuUaUuCgGTsT 287 p-cCfgAfaUfaAfuCfuCfcAfgGfcCfuTsT 288 AD- 11 15103 840-858 AfgGfcCfuGfgAfgUfuUfaUfuCfgGfTsT 289 CfCfGAAUfAAACfUfCfCfAGGCfCfUfTsT 290 AD- 34 15113 840-858 AfgGgcCfuGfgAfgUfuUfaUfuCfgGfTsT 291 CCGAAuaAAcuCCAGGccuTsT 292 AD- 19 15123 840-858 AGGCfCfUfGGAGUfUfUfAUfUfCfGGTsT 293 CCGAAuaAAcuCCAGGccuTsT 294 AD- 15 15133 840-858 AgGcCuGgAgUcUaUcCgGTsT 295 CCGAAuaAAcuCCAGGccuTsT 296 AD- 16 15143 841-859 CUCCUAGACACCAGCAUACTsT 297 GUAUGCUGGUGUCUAGGAGTsT 298 AD- 50 9521 841-859 cuccuAGAcAccAGcAuAcTsT 299 GuAUGCUGGUGUCuAGGAGTsT 300 AD- 62 9647 842-860 UCCUAGACACCAGCAUACATsT 301 UGUAUGCUGGUGUCUAGGATsT 302 AD- 48 9611 842-860 uccuAGAcAccAGcAuAcATsT 303 UGcAUGCUGGUGUCuAGGATsT 304 AD- 68 9737 843-861 CCUAGACACCAGCAUACAGTsT 305 CUGUAUGCUGGUGUCUAGGTsT 306 AD- 46 55 9592 843-861 ccUAGAcAccAGcAuAcAGTsT 307 CUGuAUGCUGGUGUCuAGGTsT 308 AD- 78 9718 847-865 GACACCAGCAUACAGAGUGTsT 309 CACUCUGUAUGCUGGUGUCTsT 310 AD- 64 9561 847-865 GAcAccAGcAuAcAGAGuGTsT 311 cACGCUGuAUGCUGGUGUCTsT 312 AD- 84 9687 855-873 CAUACAGAGUGACCACCGGTsT 313 CCGGUGGUCACUCUGUACGTsT 314 AD- 42 41 2.10 9762 855-873 cAuAcAGAGuGAccAccGGTsT 315 CCGGUGGUcACUCUGuAUGTsT 316 AD- 9 28 0.40 9762 860-878 AGAGUGACCACCGGGAAAUTsT 317 AUUUCCCGGUGGUCACUCUTsT 318 AD- 45 9540 860-878 AGAGuGAccAccGGGAAAUTsT 319 AUUUCCCGGUGGUcACUCUTsT 320 AD- 81 9666 861-879 GAGUGACCACCGGGAAAUCTsT 321 GAUUUCCCGGUGGUCACUCTsT 322 AD- 48 73 9535 861-879 GAGuGAccAccGGGAAAccTsT 323 GAUUUCCCGGUGGUcACUCTsT 324 AD- 83 9661 863-881 GUGACCACCGGGAAAUCGATsT 325 UCGAUUUCCCGGUGGUCACTsT 326 AD- 35 9559 863-881 GuGAccAccGGGAAAucGATsT 327 UCGAUUUCCCGGUGGUcACTsT 328 AD- 77 9685 865-883 GACCACCGGGAAAUCGAGGTsT 329 CCUCGAUUUCCCGGUGGUCTsT 330 AD- 100 9533 866-884 ACCACCGGGAAAUCGAGGGTsT 331 CCUCGAUUUCCCGGUGGUCTsT 332 AD- 88 9659 866-884 ACCACCGGGAAAUCGAGGGTsT 333 CCCUCGAUUUCCCGGUGGUTsT 334 AD- 122 9612 866-884 AccAccGGGAAAucGAGGGTsT 335 CCCUCGAUUUCCCGGUGGUTsT 336 AD- 83 9738 867-885 CCACCGGGAAAUCGAGGGCTsT 337 GCCCUCGAUUUCCCGGUGGTsT 338 AD- 75 96 9557 867-885 cCAccGGGAAAucGAGGGcTsT 339 GCCCUCGAUUUCCCGGUGGTsT 340 AD- 48 9683 875-893 AAAUCGAGGGCAGGGUCAUTsT 341 AUGACCCUGCCCUCGAUUUTsT 342 AD- 31 32 0.53 9531 875-893 AAAucGAGGGcAGGGucAuTsT 343 AUGACCCUGCCCUCGAUUUTsT 344 AD- 23 29 0.66 9657 875-893 AfaAfuCfgAfgGfgCfaGfggfcCfaUfTsT 345 p-aUfgAfcCfcUfgCfcCfuCfgAfuUfuTsT 346 AD- 81 14673 875-893 AAAUfCfGAGGGCfAGGGUfCfAUfTsT 347 AUfGACfCfCfUfGCfCfCfUfCfGAUfUfTs 348 AD- 56 T 14683 875-893 AaAuCgAgGgCaGgGuCaUTsT 349 p-aUfgAfcCfcUfgCfcCfuCfGAfuUfuTsT 350 AD- 56 14693 875-893 AaAuCgAgGgCaGgGuCaUTsT 351 AUfGACfCfCfUfGCfCfCfUfGAUfUfUfTs 352 AD- 68 T 14703 875-893 AfaAfuCfGAfgGfgCfaGfgGfcCfaUfTsT 353 AUGACccUCccCUCGAuuuTsT 354 AD- 55 14713 875-893 AAAUfCfGAGGGCfAGGGUfCfAUfTsT 355 AUGACccUGccCUCGAuuuTsT 356 AD- 24 14723 87-893 AuAuCgAggGcaGgGuCaUTsT 357 AUGACccUGccCUCGAuuuTsT 358 AD- 34 14733 85-893 CfgGgcAfcCfcUfCAfuAfGGfCCfuGfTsT 359 p-cAfgGgcCfuAfuGfaGfgGfuGfcCfgTsT 360 AD- 85 15079 875-893 CfGGCfACfCfCfUfCfAUfAGGCfCfUfGTsT 361 CfAGGCfCfUfAUfGAGGGfGCfCfGTsT 362 AD- 54 15089 875-893 CgGcAcCcUcAuAgGcCuGTsT 363 p-cAfgGfcCfuAfuGfaGfgGfuGfcCfgTsT 364 AD- 70 15099 875-893 GcGcAcCcUcAuAgGcCcGTsT 365 CfAGGCfCfUfAUfGAGGGUfGCfCfGTsT 366 AD- 67 15109 875-893 CfgGgcAfcCfcUfcAfuAfgGgcCfuGfTsT 367 CAGGCcuAUgaGGGUGccgTsT 368 AD- 67 15119 875-893 CfGGCfACfCfCfUfCfAUfAGGCfCfUfGTsT 369 CAGGCcuAUgaGGGUGccgTsT 370 AD- 57 15129 875-893 CgGcAcCcUcAuAgGcCuGTsT 371 CAGGCcuAGgaGGGUGccgTsT 372 AD- 69 15139 877-895 AUCGAGGGCAGGGUCAUGGTsT 373 CCAUGACCCUGCCCUCGAUTsT 374 AD- 160 9542 877-895 AucGAGGGcAGGGucAuGGTsT 375 CcAUGACCCUGCCCUCGAUTsT 376 AD- 92 9668 878-896 cGAGGGcAGGGucAuGGucTsT 377 GACcAUGACCCUGCCCUCGTsT 378 AD- 109 9739 880-898 GAGGGCAGGGUCAUGGUCATsT 379 UGACCAUGACCCUGCCCUCTsT 380 AD- 56 83 9637 880-898 GAGGGcAGGGucAuGGucATsT 381 UGACcAUGACCCUGCCCUCTsT 382 AD- 79 9763 882-900 GGGCAGGGUCAUGGUCACCTsT 383 GGUGACCAUGACCCUGCCCTsT 384 AD- 82 9630 882-900 GGGcAGGGucAuGGucAccTsT 385 GGUGACcAUGACCCUGCCCTsT 386 AD- 63 9756 885-903 CAGGGUCAUGGUCACCGACTsT 387 GUCGGUGACCAUGACCCUGTsT 388 AD- 55 9593 885-903 cAGGGucAcGGucAccGAcTsT 389 GUCGGUGACcAUGACCCUGTsT 390 AD- 115 9719 886-904 AGGGUCAUGGUCACCGACUTsT 391 AGUCGGUGACCAUGACCCUTsT 392 AD- 111 9601 886-904 AGGGucAuGGucAccGAcuTsT 393 AGUCGGUGACcAUGACCCUTsT 394 AD- 118 9727 892-910 AUGGUCACCGACUUCGAGATsT 395 UCUCGAAGUCGGUGACCAUTsT 396 AD- 36 42 1.60 9573 892-910 AuGGucAccGAcuucGAGATsT 397 UCUCGAAGUCGGUGACcAUTsT 398 AD- 32 36 2.50 9699 899-917 CCGACUUCGAGAAUGUGCCTT 399 GGCACAUUCUCGAAGUCGGTT 400 AD- 26 15228 921-939 GGAGGACGGGACCCGCUUCTT 401 GAAGCGGGUCCCGUCCUCCTT 402 AD- 53 15395  993-1011 CAGCGGCCGGGAUGCCGGTsT 403 GCCGGCAUCCCGGCCGCUGTsT 404 AD- 126 9602 993-1011 cAGcGGccGGGAuGccGGcTsT 405 GCCGGcAUCCCGGCCGCUGTsT 406 AD- 94 9728 1020-1038 GGGUGCCAGCAUGCGCAGCTT 407 GCUGCGCAUGCUGGCACCCTT 408 AD- 45 15386 1038-1056 CCUGCGCGUGCUCAACUGCTsT 409 GCAGUUGAGCACGCGCAGGTsT 410 AD- 112 9580 1038-1058 UGCGCGUGCUCAACUGCCATsT 411 GcAGUUGAGcACGCGcAGGTsT 412 AD- 86 9706 1040-1058 UGCGCGUGCUCAACUGCCATsT 413 UGGCAGUUGAGCACGCGCATsT 414 AD- 35 9581 1040-1058 uGcGcGuGcucAAcuGccATsT 415 UGGcAGUUGAGcACGCGcATsT 416 AD- 81 9707 1042-1060 CGCGUGCUCAACUGCCAAGTsT 417 CUUGGCAGUUGAGCACGCGTsT 418 AD- 51 9543 1042-1060 cGcGuGcucAAcuGccAAGTsT 419 CUUGGcAGUUGAGcACGCGTsT 420 AD- 97 9669 1053-1071 CUGCCAAGGGAAGGGCACGTsT 421 CGUGCCCUUCCCUUGGCAGTsT 422 AD- 74 9574 1053-1071 cuGccAAGGGAAGGGcAcGTsT 423 CGUGCCCUUCCCUUGGcAGTsT 424 AD- 9700 1057-1075 CAAGGGAAGGGCACGGUUATT 425 UAACCGUGCCCUUCCCUUGTT 426 AD- 26 15320 1058-1076 AAGGGAAGGGCACGGUUAGTT 427 CUAACCGUGCCCUUCCCUUTT 428 AD- 34 15321 1059-1077 AGGGAAGGGCACGGUUAGCTT 429 GCUAACCGUGCCCUUCCCUTT 430 AD- 64 15199 1060-1078 GGGAAGGGCACGGUUAGCGTT 431 CGCUAACCGUGCCCUUCCCTT 432 AD- 86 15167 1061-1079 GGAAGGGCACGGUUAGCGGTT 433 CCGCUAACCGUGCCCUUCCTT 434 AD- 41 15164 1062-1080 GAAGGGCACGGUUAGCGGCTT 435 GCCGCUAACCGUGCCCUUCTT 436 AD- 43 15166 1063-1081 AAGGGCACGGUUAGCGGCATT 437 UGCCGCUAACCGUGCCCUUTT 438 AD- 64 15322 1064-1082 AGGGCACGGUUAGCGGCACTT 439 GCGCCGCUAACCGUGCCCUTT 440 AD- 46 15200 1068-1086 CACGGUUAGCGGCACCCUCTT 441 GAGGGUGCCGCUAACCGUGTT 442 AD- 27 15213 1069-1087 ACGGUUAGCGGCACCCUCATT 443 UGAGGGUGCCGCUAACCGUTT 444 AD- 44 15229 1072-1090 GUUAGCGGCACCCUCAUAGTT 445 CUAUGAGGGUGCCGCUAACTT 446 AD- 49 15215 1073-1091 UUAGCGGCACCCUCAUAGGTT 447 CCUAUGAGGGUGCCGCUAATT 448 AD- 101 15214 1076-1094 GCGGCACCCUCAUAGGCCUTsT 449 AGGCCUAUGAGGGUGCCGCTsT 450 AD- 15 32 0.98 9315 1079-1097 GCACCCUCAUAGGCCUGGATsT 451 UCCAGGCCUAUGAGGGUGCTsT 452 AD- 35 51 9326 1085-1103 UCAUAGGCCUGGAGUUUAUTsT 453 AUAAACUCCAGGCCUAUGATsT 454 AD- 14 37 0.40 9318 1090-1108 GGCCUGGAGUUUAUUCGGATsT 455 UCCGAAUAAACUCCAGGCCTsT 456 AD- 14 33 9323 1091-1109 GCCUGGAGUUUAUUCGGAATsT 457 UUCCGAAUAAACUCCAGGCTsT 458 AD- 11 22 0.04 9314 1091-1109 GccuGGAGuuuAuccGGAATsT 459 UUCCGAAuAAACUCcAGGCTsT 460 AD- 0.10 0.30 10792 1091-1109 GccuGGAGuuuAuucGGAATsT 461 UUCCGAAUAACUCCAGGCTsT 462 AD- 0.1 0.1 10796 1093-1111 CUGGAGUUUAUUCGGAAAATsT 463 UUUUCCGAAUAAACUCCAGTsT 464 AD- 101 9638 1093-1111 cuGGAGuuuAuucGGAAAATsT 465 UUUUCCGAAuAACUCcAGTsT 466 AD- 112 9764 1095-1113 GGAGUUUAUUCGGAAAAGCTsT 467 GCUUUUCCGAAUAAACUCCTsT 468 AD- 53 9525 1095-1113 GGAGuuuAuucGGAAAAGcTsT 469 GCUUUUCCGAAuAAACUCCTsT 470 AD- 58 9651 1096-1114 GAGUUUAUUCGGAAAAGCCTsT 471 GGCUUUUCCGAAUAAACUCTsT 472 AD- 97 9560 1096-1114 GACuuuAuccGGAAAAGcCTsT 473 GGCUUUUCCGAAuAAACUCTsT 474 AD- 111 9686 1100-1118 UUAUUCGGAAAAGCCAGCUTsT 475 AGCUGGCUUUUCCGAAUAATsT 476 AD- 157 9536 1100-1118 uuAuucGGAAAAGccAGcuTsT 477 AGCUGGCUUUUCCGAAuAATsT 478 AD- 81 9662 1154-1172 CCCUGGCGGGUGGGUACAGTsT 479 CUGUACCCACCCGCCAGGGTsT 480 AD- 52 68 9584 1154-1172 cccuGGcGGGuGGGuAcAGTsT 481 CUGcACCcACCCGCcAGGGTsT 482 AD- 111 9710 1155-1173 CCUGGCGGGUGGGUACAGCTT 483 GCUGUACCCACCCGCCAGGTT 484 AD- 62 15323 1157-1175 UGGCGGGUGGGUACAGCCGTsT 485 CGGCUGUACCCACCCGCCATsT 486 AD- 91 9551 1157-1175 uGGcGGGuGGGuAcAGccGTsT 487 CGGCUGuACCcACCCGCcATsT 488 AD- 62 9677 1158-1176 GGCGGGUGGGUACAGCCGCTT 489 GCGGCUGUACCCACCCGCCTT 490 AD- 52 15230 1162-1180 GGUGGGUACAGCCGCGUCCTT 491 GGACGCGGCUGUACCCACCTT 492 AD- 25 15231 1164-1182 UGGGUACAGCCGCGUCCUCTT 493 GAGGACGCGGCUGUACCCATT 494 AD- 36 15285 1172-1190 GCCGCGUCCUCAACGCCGCTT 495 GCGGCGUUGAGGACGCGGCTT 496 AD- 27 15396 1173-1191 CCGCGUCCUCAACGCCGCCTT 497 GGCGGCGUUGAGGACGCGGTT 498 AD- 36 15397 1216-1234 GUCGUGCUGGUCACCGCUGTsT 499 CAGCGGUGACCAGCACGACTsT 500 AD- 112 9600 1216-1234 GucGuGcuGGucAccGcuGTsT 501 cAGCGGUGACcAGcACGACTsT 502 AD- 95 9726 1217-1235 UCGUGCUGGUCACCGCUGCTsT 503 GCAGCGGUGACCAGCACGATsT 504 AD- 107 9606 1217-1235 ucGuGcuGGucAccGcuGcTsT 505 GcAGCGGUGACcAGcACGATsT 506 AD- 105 9732 1223-1241 UGGUCACCGCUGCCGGCAATsT 507 UUGCCGGCAGCGGUGACCATsT 508 AD- 56 75 9633 1223-1241 uGGucAccGcuGccGGcAATsT 509 UUGCCGGcAGCGGUGACcATsT 510 AD- 111 9759 1224-1242 GGUCACCGCUGCCGGCAACTsT 511 GUUGCCGGCAGCGGUGACCTsT 512 AD- 66 9588 1224-1242 GGucAccGcuGccGGcAAcTsT 513 GUUGCCGGcAGCGGUGACCTsT 514 AD- 106 9714 1227-1245 CACCGCUGCCGGCAACUUCTsT 515 GAAGUUGCCGGCAGCGGUGTsT 516 AD- 67 85 9589 1227-1245 cAccGuuGccGGcAAcuucTsT 517 GAAGUUGCCGGcAGCGGUGTsT 518 AD- 113 9715 1229-1247 CCGCUGCCGGCAACUUCCGTsT 519 CGGAAGUUGCCGGCAGCGGTsT 520 AD- 120 9575 1229-1247 cCGcuGccGGcAAcuuccGTsT 521 CGGAAGUUGCCGGcAGCGGTsT 522 AD- 100 9701 1230-1248 CGCUGCCGGCAACUUCCGGTsT 523 CCGGAAGUUGCCGGCAGCGTsT 524 AD- 103 9563 1230-1248 cGcuGccGGcAAuuuccGGTsT 525 CCGGAAGUUGCCGGcAGCGTsT 526 AD- 81 9689 1231-1249 GCUGCCGGCAACUUCCGGGTsT 527 CCCGGAAGUUGCCGGCAGCTsT 528 AD- 80 95 9594 1231-1249 GcuGccGGcAAcuuccGGGTsT 529 CCCGGAAGUGGCCGGcAGCTsT 530 AD- 92 9720 1236-1254 CGGCAACUUCCGGGACGAUTsT 531 AUCGUCCCGGAAGUUGCCGTsT 532 AD- 83 9585 1236-1254 cGGcAAcuuccGGGAcGAuTsT 533 AUCGUCCCGGAAGUUGCCGTsT 534 AD- 122 9711 1237-1255 GGCAACUUCCGGGACGAUGTsT 535 CAUCGUCCCGGAAGUUGCCTsT 536 AD- 100 9614 1237-1255 GGcAAcuuccGGGAcGAuGTsT 537 cAUCGUCCCGGAAGUUGCCTsT 538 AD- 198 9740 1243-1261 UUCCGGGACGAUGCCUGCCTsT 539 GGCAGGCAUGGUCCCGGAATsT 540 AD- 116 9615 1243-1261 uuccGGGAcGAuGccuGcCTsT 541 GGcAGGcAUCGUCCCGGAATsT 542 AD- 130 9741 1248-1266 GGACGAUGCCUGCCUCUACTsT 543 GUAGAGGCAGGCAUCGUCCTsT 544 AD- 32 30 9534 1248-1266 GGACGAUGCCUGCCUCUACTsT 545 GUAGAGGCAGGCAUCGUCCTsT 546 AD- 32 9534 1248-1266 GGAcGAuGccuGccucuAcTsT 547 GuAGAGGcAGGcAUCGUCCTsT 548 AD- 89 79 9660 1279-1297 GCUCCCGAGGUCAUCACAGTT 549 CUGUGAUGACCUCGGGAGCTT 550 AD- 46 15324 1280-1298 CUCCCGAGGUCAUCACAGUTT 551 ACUGUGAUGACCUCGGGAGTT 552 AD- 19 15232 1281-1299 UCCCGAGGUCAUCACAGUUTT 553 AACUGUGAUGACCUCGGGATT 554 AD- 25 15233 1314-1332 CCAAGACCAGCCGGUGACCTT 555 GGUCACCGGCUGGUCUUGGTT 556 AD- 59 15234 1315-1333 CAAGACCAGCCGGUGACCCTT 557 GGGUCACCGGCUGGUCUUGTT 558 AD- 109 15286 1348-1366 ACCAACUUUGGCCGCUGUGTsT 559 CACAGCGGCCAAAGUUGGUTsT 560 AD- 122 9590 1348-1366 AccAAcuuuGGccGcuGuGTsT 561 cAcAGCGGCcAAAGUUGGUTsT 562 AD- 114 9716 1350-1368 CAACUUUGGCCGCUGUGUGTsT 563 CACACAGCGGCCAAAGUUGTsT 564 AD- 34 9632 1350-1368 cAAcuuuGGccGcuGuGuGTsT 565 cAcAcAGCGGCcAAAGUUGTsT 566 AD- 96 9758 1360-1378 CGCUGUGUGGACCUCUUUGTsT 567 CAAAGAGGUCCACACAGCGTsT 568 AD- 41 9567 1360-1378 cGcuGuGuGGAccucuuuGTsT 569 cAAAGAGGUCcAcAcAGCGTsT 570 AD- 50 9693 1390-1408 GACAUCAUUGGUGCCUCCATsT 571 UGGAGGCACCAAUGAUGUCTsT 572 AD- 81 104 9586 1390-1408 GAcAucAuuGGuGccuccATsT 573 UGGAGGcACcAAUGAUGUCTsT 574 AD- 107 9712 1394-1412 UCAUUGGUGCCUCCAGCGATsT 575 UCGCUGGAGGCACCAAUGATsT 576 AD- 120 9564 1394-1412 ucAuuGGuGccuccAGcGATsT 577 UCGCUGGAGGcACcAAUGATsT 578 AD- 92 9690 1417-1435 AGCACCUGCUUUGUGUCACTsT 579 GUGACACAAAGCAGGUGCUTsT 580 AD- 74 84 9616 1417-1435 AGcAccuGcuuuGcGucAcTsT 581 GUGAcAcAAAGcAGGUGCUTsT 582 AD- 127 9742 1433-1451 CACAGAGUGGGACAUCACATT 583 UGUGAUGUCCCACUCUGUGTT 584 AD- 24 15398 1486-1504 AUGCUGUCUGCCGAGCCGGTsT 585 CCGGCUCGGCAGACAGCAUTsT 586 AD- 111 9617 1486-1504 AuGcuGucuGccGAGccGGTsT 587 CCGGCUCGGcAGAcAGcAUTsT 588 AD- 104 9743 1491-1509 GUCUGCCGAGCCGGAGCUCTsT 589 GAGCUCCGGCUCGGCAGACTsT 590 AD- 73 90 9635 1491-1509 GucuGccGAGccGGAGcucTsT 591 GAGCUCCGGCUCGGcAGACTsT 592 AD- 83 9761 1521-1539 GUUGAGGCAGAGACUGAUCTsT 593 GAUCAGUCUCUGCCUCAACTsT 594 AD- 76 9568 1521-1539 GuuGAGGcAGAGAcuGAucTsT 595 GAUcAGUCUCUGCCUcAACTsT 596 AD- 52 9694 1527-1545 GCAGAGACUGAUCCACUUCTsT 597 GAAGUGGAUCAGUCUCUGCTsT 598 AD- 47 9576 1527-1545 GcAGAGAcuGAuucAcuucTsT 599 GAAGUGGAUcAGUCUCUGCTsT 600 AD- 79 9702 1529-1547 AGAGACUGAUCCACUUCUCTsT 601 GAGAAGUGGAUCAGUCUCGTsT 602 AD- 69 9627 1529-1547 AGAGAcuGAuccAcuucucTsT 603 GAGAAGUGGAUcAGUCUCUTsT 604 AD- 127 9753 1543-1561 UUCUCUGCCAAAGAUGUCATsT 605 UGACAUCUUUGGCAGAGAATsT 606 AD- 141 9628 1543-1561 uucucuGccAAAGAuGucATsT 607 UGAcAUCUUUGGcAGAGAATsT 608 AD- 89 9754 1545-1563 CUCUGCCAAAGAUGUCAUCTsT 609 GAUGACAUCUUUGGCAGAGTsT 610 AD- 80 9631 1545-1563 cucuGccAAAGAuGucAucTsT 611 GAUGAcAUCUUUGGcAGAGTsT 612 AD- 78 9757 1580-1598 CUGAGGACCAGCGGGUACUTsT 613 AGUACCCGCUGGUCCUCAGTsT 614 AD- 31 32 9595 1580-1598 cuGAGGAccAGcGGGuAcuTsT 615 AGuACCCGCUGGUCCUcAGTsT 616 AD- 87 70 9721 1581-1599 UGAGGACCAGCGGGUACUGTsT 617 CAGUACCCGCUGGUCCUCATsT 618 AD- 68 9544 1581-1599 uGAGGAccAGcGGGuAcUGTsT 619 cAGuACCCGCUGGGCCUcATsT 620 AD- 67 9670 1666-1684 ACUGUAUGGUCAGCACACUTT 621 AGUGUGCUGACCAUACAGUTT 622 AD- 25 15235 1668-1686 UGUAGGGUCAGCACACUCGTT 623 CGAGUGUGCCGACCAUACATT 624 AD- 73 15236 1669-1687 GUAUGGUCAGCACACUCGGTT 625 CCGAGUGUGCUGACCAUACTT 626 AD- 100 15168 1697-1715 GGAUGGCCACAGCCGUCGCTT 627 GCGACGGCUGUGGCCAUCCTT 628 AD- 92 15174 1698-1716 GAUGGCCACAGCCGUCGCCTT 629 GGCGACGGCUGUGGCCAUCTT 630 AD- 81 15235 1806-1824 CAAGCUGGUCUGCCGGGCCTT 631 GGCCCGGCAGACCAGCUUGTT 632 AD- 65 15326 1815-1833 CUGCCGGGCCCACAACGCUTsT 633 AGCGUGUGGGCCCGGCAGTsT 634 AD- 35 42 9570 1815-1833 cuGccGGGcccAcAAcGcuTsT 635 AGCGUUGUGGGCCCGGcAGTsT 636 AD- 77 9696 1816-1834 UGCCGGGCCCACAACGCUUTsT 637 AAGCGUUGUGGGCCCGGCATsT 638 AD- 38 9566 1816-1834 uGccGGGcccAcAAcGcuuTsT 639 AAGCGUUGUGGGCCCGGcATsT 640 AD- 78 9692 1818-1836 CCGGGCCCACAACGCUUUUTsT 641 AAAAGCGUUGUGGGCCCGGTsT 642 AD- 100 9532 1818-1836 ccGGGcccAcAAcGccuuuTsT 643 AAAAGCGUUGUGGGCCCGGTsT 644 AD- 102 9658 1820-1838 GCGGCCCACAACGCUUUUGTsT 645 CCAAAAGCGUUGUGGGCCCTsT 646 AD- 50 9549 1820-1838 GGGcccAcAAcGcuuuuGGTsT 647 CcAAAAGCGUUGUGGGCCCTsT 648 AD- 78 9675 1840-1858 GGUGAGGGUGUCUACGCCATsT 649 UGGCGUAGACACCCUCACCTsT 650 AD- 43 9541 1840-1858 GGuGAGGGuGucuAcGccATsT 651 UGGCGuAGAcACCCUcACCTsT 652 AD- 73 9667 1843-1861 GAGGGUGUCUACGCCAUUGTsT 653 CAAUGGCGUAGACACCCUCTsT 654 AD- 36 9550 1843-1861 GAGGGuGucuAcGccAuuGTsT 655 cAAUGGCGuAGAcACCCUCTsT 656 AD- 100 9676 1861-1879 GCCAGGUGCUGCCUGCUACTsT 657 GUAGCAGGCAGCACCUGGCTsT 658 AD- 27 32 9571 1861-1879 GccAGGuGcuGccUGcuAcTsT 659 GuAGcAGGcAGcACCUGGCTsT 660 AD- 74 89 9697 1862-1880 CCAGGUGCUGCCUGCUACCTsT 661 GGUAGCAGGCAGCACCUGGTsT 662 AD- 47 53 9572 1862-1880 ccAGGuGcuGccuGcuAccTsT 663 GGuAGcAGGcAGcACCUGGTsT 664 AD- 73 9698 2008-2026 ACCCACAAGCCGCCUGUGCTT 665 GCACAGGCGGCUUGUGGGUTT 666 AD- 82 15327 2023-2041 GUGCUGAGGCCACGAGGUCTsT 667 GACCUCGUGGCCUCAGCACTsT 668 AD- 30 35 9639 2023-2041 GuGcuGAGGccAcGAGGucTsT 669 GACCUCGUGGCCUcAGcACTsT 670 AD- 82 74 9765 2024-2042 UGCUGAGGCCACGAGGUCATsT 671 UGACCUCGUGGCCUCAGCATsT 672 AD- 31 35 0.60 9518 2024-2042 UGCUGAGGCCACGAGGUCATsT 673 UGACCUCGUGGCCUCAGCATsT 674 AD- 31 9518 2024-2042 uGcuGAGGccAcGAGGucATsT 675 uGACCUCGUGGCCUcAGcATsT 676 AD- 35 37 2.60 9644 2024-2042 UfgCfuGfaGfgCfcAfcGfaGfgUfCAfTsT 677 p-aGfaCfcUfcGfuGfgCfcUfcAfgCfaTsT 678 AD- 26 14672 2024-2042 UfGCfUfGAGGCfCfACfGAGGUfCfATsT 679 UfGACfCfUfCfGCfGGCfCfUfCfAGCfATsT 680 AD- 27 15682 2024-2042 UgCuGaGgCcAcGaGgUcATsT 681 p-uGfuCfcUfcGfuGfgCfcUfcAfgCfaTsT 682 AD- 22 14692 2024-2042 UgCuGaGgCcAcGuGgUcATsT 683 GfGACfCfUfCfGUfGGCfCfUfCfAGCfATsT 684 AD- 19 14702 2024-2042 UfgCfuGfaGfgCfcAfcGfaGfgUfcAfTsT 685 UGACCucGUggCCUCAgcaTsT 686 AD- 25 14712 2024-2042 UfGCfUfGAGGCfCfACfGAGGUfCfATsT 687 UGACCucGUggCCUCAgcaTsT 688 AD- 18 14722 2024-2042 UgCuGaGgCcAcGuGgUcATsT 689 UGACCucGUggCCUCAgcaTsT 690 AD- 32 14732 2024-2042 GfuGfgUfcAfgCfgGfcCfgGfgAfuGfTsT 691 p-cAfuCfcCfgGgcCfgCfcGfaCfcAfcTsT 692 AD- 86 15078 2024-2042 GUfGGUfCfAGCfGGCfCfGGGAUfGTsT 693 CfAUfCfCfCfGGCfCfGCfUfGACfGTACfTsT 694 AD- 97 15088 2024-2042 GuGgUcAgCgGcCgGgAuGTsT 695 p-cAfuCfcCfGGfcCfgCfuGfaCfcAfcTsT 696 AD- 74 15098 2024-2042 GuGgUcAgCgGcCgGgAuGTsT 697 CfAUfCfCfCfGGCfCfGCfUfGACfCfACfTsT 698 AD- 67 15108 2024-2042 GfuGfgUfCAfgCfgGfcCfgGfgAfuGfTsT 699 CAUCCcgGCcgCUGACcacTsT 700 AD- 76 15118 2024-2042 GUfGGUfCfAGCfGGCfCfGGGAUfGTsT 701 CAUCCcgGCcgCUGACcacTsT 702 AD- 86 15128 2024-2042 GuGgUcAgCgGcCgGgAuGTsT 703 CAUCCcgGCcgCUGACcacTsT 704 AD- 74 15138 2030-2048 GGCCACGAGGUCAGCCCAATT 705 UCGGGCUGACCUCGUGGCCTT 706 AD- 30 15237 2035-2053 CGAGGUCAGCCCAACCAGUTT 707 ACUGGUUGGGCUGACCUCGTT 708 AD- 30 15287 2039-2057 GUCAGCCCAACCAGUGCGUTT 709 ACGCACUGGUUGGGCUGACTT 710 AD- 36 15238 2041-2059 CAGCCCAACCAGUGCGUGGTT 711 CCACGCACUGGUUGGGCUGTT 712 AD- 35 15238 2062-2080 CACAGGGAGGCCAGCAUCCTT 713 GGAUGCUGGCCUCCCUGUGTT 714 AD- 47 15399 2072-2090 CCAGCAUCCACGCUUCCUGTsT 715 CAGGAAGCGUGGAUGCUGGTsT 716 AD- 37 9582 2072-2090 cCAGcAuccAcGcucccuGTsT 717 cAGGAAGCGGGGAUGCGGGTsT 718 AD- 81 9708 2118-2136 AGUCAAGGAGCAUGGAAUCTsT 719 GAUUCCAUGCUCCUUGACUTsT 720 AD- 31 43 9545 2118-2136 AGucAAGGAGcAuGGAAccTsT 721 GAUUCcAUGCUCCUUGACUTsT 722 AD- 15 33 2.50 9671 2118-2136 AfgUfcAfaGfgAfgCfaUfgGfaAfuCfTsT 723 p-gAfuUfcCfuUfgCfaCfcUfuGfaCfuTsT 724 AD- 16 14674 2118-2136 AGUfCfAAGGAGCfAUfGGAAUfCfTsT 725 GAUfUfCfCfAUfGCfUfCfCfUfGfGACfUfTs 726 AD- 26 T 14684 2118-2136 AgUcAaGgAgCaUgGaAcCTsT 727 p-gAfuGfcCfaUfgCfuCfcUfuGfuCfuTsT 728 AD- 18 14694 2118-2136 AgUcAaGgAgCaUgGuAuCTsT 729 GAUfUfCfCfAUfGCfUfCfCfUfUfGACfUFTs 730 AD- 27 T 14704 2118-2136 AfgUfcAfuGfgAfgCfaUfgGgaAfcCfTsT 731 GAUUCcaUGcuCCUUGacuTsT 732 AD- 20 14714 2118-2136 AGUfCfAAGGAGCfAUfGGAAUfCTTsT 733 GAUUCcaUGcuCCUUGucuTsT 734 AD- 18 14724 2118-2136 AgUcAaGgAgCaUgGaAuCTsT 735 GAUUCcaUGcuCCUUGucuTsT 736 AD- 18 14734 2118-2136 GfcGfgCfuCfcCfuCfaUfaGfgCfcUfTsT 737 p-aGfgCfcUfaUfgAfgGfgUfgCfcGfcTsT 738 AD- 29 15080 2118-2136 GCfGGCfACfCfCfUfCfAUfAGGCfCfUfTsT 739 AGGCfCfUfAUfGAGGGUfGCfCfGCfTsT 740 AD- 23 15090 2118-2136 GcGgCaCcCuCaUaGgCcUTsT 741 p-aGfgCfcUfaUfgAfgGfgUfgCfcGfcTsT 742 AD- 26 15100 2118-2316 GcGgCaCcCuCaUaGgCcUTsT 743 AGGCfCfGfAUfGAGGGUfGCfCfCCfTsT 744 AD- 23 15110 2118-2136 GfcGfgCfaCfcCfuCfaUfaGfgCfcUfTsT 745 AGGCCuaUGagGGUGCcgcTsT 746 AD- 20 15120 2118-2136 GCfGGCfACfCfCfUfCfAUfAGGCfCfUfTsT 747 AGGCCuuUGugGGUGCcgcTsT 748 AD- 20 15130 2118-2136 GcGgCaCcCuCaUaGgCcUTsT 749 AGGCCuaUGagGGUGCcgcTsT 750 AD- 19 15140 2122-2140 AAGGAGCAUGGAAUCCCGGTsT 751 CCGGGAUUCCAUGCUCCUUTsT 752 AD- 59 9522 2122-2140 AAGGAGcAuGGAAucccGGTsT 753 CCGGGAUUCcAUGCUCCUUTsT 754 AD- 78 9648 2123-2141 AGGAGCAUGGAAUCCCGGCTsT 755 GCCGGGAUUCCAUGCUCCUTsT 756 AD- 80 9552 2123-2141 AGGAGcAuGGAAucccGGcTsT 757 GCCGGGAUUCcAUGCUCCUTsT 758 AD- 76 9678 2125-2143 GAGCAUGGAAUCCCGGCCCTsT 759 GGGCCGGGAUUCCAUGCUCTsT 760 AD- 90 9618 2125-2143 GAGcAuGGAAucccGGcccTsT 761 GGGCCGGGAUUCcAUGCUCTsT 762 AD- 91 9744 2230-2248 GCCUACGCCGUAGACAACATT 763 UGUUGUCUACGGCGUAGGCTT 764 AD- 38 15239 2231-2249 CCCACGCCGUAGACAACACTT 765 GUGUUGUCUACGGCGUAGGTT 766 AD- 19 15212 2232-2250 CUACGCCGUAGACAACACGTT 767 CGUGUUGUCUACGGCGUAGTT 768 AD- 43 15240 2233-2251 UACGCCGUAGACAACACGUTT 769 ACGUGUUGUCUACGGCGUATT 770 AD- 59 15177 2235-2253 CGCCGUAGACAACACGUGUTT 771 ACACGUGUUGUCUACGGCGTT 772 AD- 13 15179 2236-2254 GCCGUAGACAACACGUGUGTT 773 CACACGUGUUGUCUACGGCTT 774 AD- 15 15180 2237-2255 CCGUAGACAACACGUGUGUTT 775 ACACACGUGUUGUCUACGGTT 776 AD- 14 15241 2238-2256 CGUAGACAACACGUGUGUATT 777 UACACACGUGUUGUCUACGTT 778 AD- 42 15268 2240-2258 UAGACAACACGUGUGUAGUTT 779 ACUACACACGUGUUGUCUATT 780 AD- 21 15242 2341-2259 AGACAACACGUGUGUAGUCTT 781 GACUACACACGUGUUGUCUTT 782 AD- 28 15216 2242-2260 GACAACACGUGUGUAGUCATT 783 UGACUACACACGUGUUGUCTT 784 AD- 35 15176 2243-2261 ACAACACGUGUGUAGUCAGTT 785 CUGACUACACACGUGUUGUTT 786 AD- 35 15181 2244-2262 CAACACGUGUGUAGUCAGGTT 787 CCUGACUACACACGUGUUGTT 788 AD- 22 15243 2247-2265 CACGUGUGUAGUCAGGAGCTT 789 GCUCCUGACUACACACGUGTT 790 AD- 42 15182 2348-2266 ACGUGUGUAGUCAGGAGCCTT 791 GGCUCCUGACUACACACGUTT 792 AD- 31 15244 2249-2267 CGUGUGUAGUCAGGAGCCGTT 793 CGGCUCCUGACUACACACGTT 794 AD- 23 15387 2251-2269 UGUGUAGUCAGGAGCCGGGTT 795 CCCGGCUCCUGACUACACATT 796 AD- 18 15245 2257-2275 GUCAGGAGCCGGGACGUCATsT 797 UGACGUCCCGGCUCCUGACTsT 798 AD- 34 9555 2257-2275 GucAGGAGccGGGAcGucATsT 799 UGACGUCCCGGCUCCUGACTsT 800 AD- 55 9681 2258-2276 UCAGGAGCCGGGACGUCAGTsT 801 CUGACGUCCCGGCUCCUGATsT 802 AD- 42 61 9619 2258-2276 ucAGGAGccGGGAcGucAGTsT 803 CUGACGUCCCGGCUCCUGATsT 804 AD- 56 9745 2259-2277 CAGGAGCCGGGACGUCAGCTsT 805 GCUGACGUCCGGGCUCCUGTsT 806 AD- 44 77 9620 2259-2277 cAGGAGccGGGAcGucAGcTsT 807 GCUGACGUCCCGGCUCCUGTsT 808 AD- 89 9746 2263-2281 AGCCGGGACGUCAGCACUATT 809 UAGUGCUGACGUCCCGGCUTT 810 AD- 19 15288 2265-2283 CCGGGACGUCAGCACUACATT 811 UGUAGUGCUGACGUCCCGGTT 812 AD- 16 15246 2303-2321 CCGUGACAGCCGUUGCCAUTT 813 AUGGCAACGGCUGUCACGGTT 814 AD- 37 15289 2317-2335 GCCAUCUGCUGCCGGAGCCTsT 815 GGCUCCGGCAGCAGAUGGCTsT 816 AD- 59 67 9324 2375-2393 CCCAUCCCAGGAUGGGUGUTT 817 ACACCCAUCCUGGGAUGGGTT 818 AD- 103 15329 2377-2395 CAUCCCAGGAUGGGUGUCUTT 819 AGACACCCAUCCUGGGAUGTT 820 AD- 62 15330 2420-2438 AGCUUUAAAAUGGUUCCGATT 821 UCGGAACCAUUUUAAAGCUTT 822 AD- 22 15169 2421-2439 GCUUUAAAAUGGUUCCGACTT 823 GUCGGAACCAUUUUAAAGCTT 824 AD- 6 15201 2422-2440 CUUUAAAAUGGUUCCGACUTT 825 AGUCGGAACCAUUUUAAAGTT 826 AD- 14 15331 2423-2441 UUUAAAAUGGUUCCGACUUTT 827 AAGUCGGAACCAUUUUAAATT 828 AD- 47 15190 2424-2442 UUAAAAUGGUUCCGACUUGTT 829 CAAGUCGGAACCAUUUUAATT 830 AD- 61 15247 2425-2443 UAAAAUGGUUCCGACUUGUTT 831 ACAAGUCGGAACCAUUUUATT 832 AD- 22 15248 2426-2444 AAAAUGGUUCCGACUUGUCTT 833 GACAAGUCGGAACCAUUUUTT 834 AD- 45 15175 2477-2445 AAAUGGUUCCGACUUGUCCTT 835 GGACAAGUCGGAACCAUUUTT 836 AD- 51 15249 2428-2446 AAUGGUUCCGACUUGUCCCTT 837 GGGACAAGUCGGAACCAUUTT 838 AD- 96 15250 2431-2449 GGUUCCGACUUGUCCCUCUTT 839 AGAGGGACAAGUCGGAACCTT 840 AD- 12 15400 2457-2475 CUCCAUGGCCUGGCACGAGTT 841 CUCGUGCCAGGCCAUGGAGTT 842 AD- 22 15332 2459-2477 CCAUGGCCUGGCACGAGGGTT 843 CCCUCGUGCCAGGCCAUGGTT 844 AD- 30 15388 2545-2563 GAACUCACUCACUCUGGGUTT 845 ACCCAGAGUGAGUGAGUUCTT 846 AD- 20 15333 2549-2567 UCACUCACUCUGGGUGCCUTT 847 AGGCACCCAGAGUGAGUGATT 848 AD- 96 15334 2616-2634 UUUCACCAUUCAAACAGGUTT 849 ACCUGUUUGAAUGGUGAAATT 850 AD- 75 15335 2622-2640 CAUUCAAACAGGUCGAGCUTT 851 AGCUCGACCUGUUUGAAUGTT 852 AD- 16 15183 2623-2641 AUUCAAACAGGUCGAGCUGTT 853 CAGCUCGACCGUUUUGAAUTT 854 AD- 41 15202 2624-2642 UCCAAACAGGUCGAGCUGUTT 855 ACAGCUCGACCUGUUUGAATT 856 AD- 39 15203 2625-2643 UCAAACAGGUCGAGCUGUGTT 857 CACAGCUCGACCUGUUUGATT 858 AD- 49 15272 2626-2644 CAAACAGGUCGAGCUGUGCTT 859 GCACAGCUCGACCUGUUUGTT 860 AD- 16 15217 2627-2645 AAACAGGUCGAGCUGUGCUTT 861 AGCACAGCUCGACCUGUUUTT 862 AD- 15 15290 2628-2546 AACAGGUCGAGCUGUGCUCTT 863 GAGCACAGCUCGACCUGUUTT 864 AD- 13 15218 2630-2648 CAGGUCGAGCUGUGCUCGGTT 865 CCGAGCACAGCUCGACCUGTT 866 AD- 13 15389 2631-2649 AGGUCGAGCUGUGCCCGGGTT 867 CCCGAGCACAGCUCGACCUTT 868 AD- 40 15336 2633-2651 GUCGAGCUGUGCUCGGGUGTT 869 CACCCGAGCACAGCUCGACTT 870 AD- 19 15337 2634-2652 UCGAGCUGUGCUCGGGUGCTT 871 GCACCCGAGCACAGCUCGATT 872 AD- 33 15191 2657-2675 AGCUGCUCCCAAUGUGCCGTT 873 CGGCACAUUGGGAGCAGCUTT 874 AD- 25 15390 2658-2676 GCUGCUCCCAAUGUGCCGATT 875 UCGGCACAUUGGGAGCAGCTT 876 AD- 9 15338 2660-2678 UGCUCCCAAUGUGCCGAUGTT 877 CAUCGGCACAUUGGGAGCATT 878 AD- 33 15204 2663-2681 UCCCAAUGUGCCGAUGUCCTT 879 GGACAUCGGCACAUUGGGATT 880 AD- 76 15251 2665-2683 CCAAUGUGCCGAUGUCCGUTT 881 ACGGACAUCGGCACAUUGGTT 882 AD- 14 15205 2666-2684 CAAUGUGCCGAUGUCCGUGTT 883 CACGGACAUCGGCACAUUGTT 884 AD- 16 15171 2667-2683 AAUGUGCCGAUGUCCGUGGTT 885 CCACGGACAUCGGCACAUUTT 886 AD- 58 15252 2673-2691 CCGAUGUCCGUGGGCAGAATT 887 UUCUGCCCACGGACAUCGGTT 888 AD- 20 15339 2675-2693 GAUGUCCGUGGGCAGAAUGTT 889 CAUUCUGCCCACGGACAUCTT 890 AD- 15 15253 2678-2696 GUCCGUGGGCAGAAUGACUTT 891 AGUCAUUCUGCCCACGGACTT 892 AD- 18 15340 2679-2697 UCCGUGGGCAGAAUGACUUTT 893 AAGUCAUUCUGCCCACGGATT 894 AD- 17 15291 2683-2701 UGGGCAGAAUGACUUUUAUTT 895 AUAAAAGUCAUUCUGCCCATT 896 AD- 11 15341 2694-2712 ACUUUUAUUGAGCUCUUGUTT 897 ACAAGAGCUCAAUAAAAGUTT 898 AD- 13 15401 2700-2718 AUUGAGCUCUUGUUCCGUGTT 899 CACGGAACAAGAGCUCAAUTT 900 AD- 30 15342 2704-2722 AGCUCUUGUUCCGUGCCAGTT 901 CUGGCACGGAACAAGAGCUTT 902 AD- 21 15343 2705-2723 GCUCUUGUUCCGUGCCAGGTT 903 CCUGGCACGGAACAAGAGCTT 904 AD- 16 15292 2710-2728 UGUUCCGUGCCAGGCAUUCTT 905 GAAUGCCUGGCACGGAACATT 906 AD- 20 15344 2711-2729 GUUCCGUGCCAGGCAUUCATT 907 UGAAUGCCUGGCACGGAACTT 908 AD- 18 15254 2712-2730 UUCCGUGCCAGGCAUUCAATT 909 UUGAAUGCCUGGCACGGAATT 910 AD- 18 15345 2715-2733 CGUGCCAGGCAUUCAAUCCTT 911 GGAUUGAAUGCCUGGCACGTT 912 AD- 15 15206 2716-2734 GUGCCAGGCAUUCAAUCCUTT 913 AGGAUUGAAUGCCUGGCACTT 914 AD- 16 15346 2728-2746 CAAUCCUCAGGUCUCCACCTT 915 GGUGGAGACCUGAGGAUUGTT 916 AD- 62 15347 2743-2761 CACCAAGGAGGCAGGAUUCTsT 917 GAAUCCUGCCUCCUUGGUGTsT 918 AD- 33 31 9577 2743-2761 cAccAAGGAGGcAGGAuucTsT 919 GAAUCCUGCCUCCUUGGUGTsT 920 AD- 17 26 9703 2743-2761 CfaCfcAfaGfgAfgGfcAfgGfaCfuCfTsT 921 p-gAfaUfcDfuGfcCfuCfcUfuGfgUfgTsT 922 AD- 22 14678 2743-2761 CfACfCfAAGGAGGCfAGGAUfCfCfTsT 923 GAAUfCfCfUfGCfCfUfCfCfUfUfGGUfGTs 924 AD- 23 T 14688 2743-2761 CuCcAaGgAgGcAgGaUuCTsT 925 p-gAfaUfcCfuGfcCfuCfcUfuGfgUfgTsT 926 AD- 23 14698 2743-2761 CaCcAuGgAgGcAgGuUuCTsT 927 GAAUfCfCfGfGCfCfUfCfCfUfUfGTs 928 AD- 14 T 14708 2743-2761 CfaCfcAfaGfgAfgGfcAfgGfaUfuCfTsT 929 GAAUCcuGCcuCCUUCgcgTsT 930 AD- 31 14718 2743-2761 CfACfCfAAGGAGGCfAGGAUfUfCfTsT 931 GAAUCcuGCcuCCUUGgcgTsT 932 AD- 25 14728 2743-2761 CaCcAuGgAgGcAgGaUuCTsT 933 GAAUCcuGCcUCCUUGgugTsT 934 AD- 31 14738 2743-2761 GfgCfcUfGGfaGfuAfuUfcGfgAfTsT 935 p-uCfcGfaAfuAfaAfcUfcCfaGfgCfcTsT 936 AD- 19 15084 2743-2761 GGCfCfUfGGAGUfUfUfAUfUfCfGGATsT 937 UfCfCfGAAUfAAACfUfCfCfAGGCfCfTsT 938 AD- 31 15094 2743-2761 GgCcuGGaGuUuAuUcGgATsT 939 p-a-CfcGfaAfuAfaAfcUfcCfuGfgCfcTsT 940 AD- 16 15104 2743-2761 GgCcUgGaGuUuAuUcGgATsT 941 UfCfCfGAAUfAAACfUfCfCfAGGCfCfTsT 942 AD- 15 15114 2743-2761 GfgCfcUfgGfaGfuUfuAfuUfcGfgAfTsT 943 UCCGAauAAacUCCAGgCCTsT 944 AD- 11 15124 2743-2761 CCCfCfUfGGAGUfUfUfAUfUfCfGGATsT 945 UCCGAauAAacUCCAGgccTsT 946 AD- 12 15134 2743-2761 GgCcUgGaGuUuAuUcGgATsT 947 UCCGAauAAucUCCAGgccTsT 948 AD- 9 15144 2753-2771 GCAGGAUUCUUCCCAUGGATT 949 UCCAUGGGAAGAAUCCUGCTT 950 AD- 7 15391 2794-2812 UGCAGGGACAAACAUCGUUTT 951 AACGAUGUUUGUCCCUGCATT 952 AD- 13 15348 2795-2813 GCAGGGACAAACAUCGUUGTT 953 CAACGAUGUUUGUCCCUGCTT 954 AD- 8 15349 2798-2815 AGGGACAAACAUCGUUGGGTT 955 CCCAACGAUGUUUGUCCCUTT 956 AD- 40 15170 2841-2859 CCCUCAUCUCCAGCUAACUTT 957 AGUUAGCUGGAGAUGAGGGTT 958 AD- 14 15350 2845-2863 CAUCUCCAGCUAACUGUGGTT 959 CCACAGUUAGCUGGAGAUGTT 960 AD- 27 15402 2878-2896 GCUCCCUGAUUAAUGGAGGTT 961 CCUCCAUUAAUCAGGGAGCTT 962 AD- 27 15293 2881-2899 CCCUGAUUAAUGGAGGCUUTT 963 AAGCCGCCAUUAAUCAGGGTT 964 AD- 14 15351 2882-2900 CCUGAUUAAUGGAGGCUUATT 965 UAAGCCUCCAUUAAUCAGGTT 966 AD- 11 15403 2884-2902 UGAUUAAUGGAGGCUUAGCTT 967 GCUAAGCCUCCAUUAAUCATT 968 AD- 38 15404 2885-2903 GAUUAAUGGAGGCUUAGCUTT 969 AGCUAAGCCUCCAUUAAUCTT 970 AD- 15 15207 2886-2904 AUUAAUGGAGGCUUAGCUUTT 971 AAGCUAAGCCUCCAGUAAUTT 972 AD- 23 15352 2887-2905 UUAAUGGAGGCUUAGCUUUTT 973 AAAGCCAAGCCUCCAUUAATT 974 AD- 31 15255 2903-2921 UUUCUGGAUGGCAUCUAGCTsT 975 GCUAGAUGCCAUCCAGAAATsT 976 AD- 123 9603 2903-2921 uuacuGGAuGGcAucuAGcTsT 977 GCuAGAUGCcAUCcAGAAATsT 978 AD- 56 9729 2904-2922 UUCUGCAUGGCAUCUAGCCTsT 979 GGCUAGAUGCCAUCCAGAATsT 980 AD- 139 9599 2904-2922 uucuGGAuGGcAucuAGccTsT 981 GGCuAGAUGCcAUCcAGAATsT 982 AD- 38 9725 2905-2923 UCUGGAUGGCAUCUAGCCATsT 983 UGGCUAGAUGCCAUCCAGATsT 984 AD- 77 9621 2905-2923 ucuGGAuGGcAucuAGccATsT 985 UGGCuAGAUGCcAUCcAGATsT 986 AD- 63 9747 2925-2943 AGGCUGGAGACAGGUGCGCTT 987 GCGCACCUGUCUCCAGCCUTT 988 AD- 32 15405 2926-2944 GGCUGGAGACAGGUGCGCCTT 989 GGCGCACCUGUCUCCAGCCTT 990 AD- 39 15353 2927-2945 GCUGGAGACAGGUGCGCCCTT 991 GGGCGCACCUGUCUCCAGCTT 992 AD- 49 15354 2972-2990 UUCCUGAGCCACCUUUACUTT 993 AGUAAAGGUGGCUCAGGAATT 994 AD- 35 15406 2973-2991 UCCUGAGCCACCUUUACUCTT 995 GAGUAAAGGUGGCUCAGGATT 996 AD- 39 15407 2974-2992 CCUGAGCCACCUUUACUCUTT 997 AGAGUAAAGGUGGCUCAGGTT 998 AD- 18 15355 2976-2994 UGAGCCACCUUUACUCUGCTT 999 GCAGAGUAAAGGUGGCUCATT 1000 AD- 50 15356 2978-2996 AGCCACCUUUACUCUGCUCTT 1001 GAGCAGAGUAAAGGUGGCUTT 1002 AD- 54 15357 2981-2999 CACCUUUACUCUGCUCUAUTT 1003 AUAGAGCAGAGUAAAGGUGTT 1004 AD- 23 15269 2987-3005 UACUCUGCUCUAUGCCAGGTsT 1005 CCUGGCAUAGAGCAGAGUATsT 1006 AD- 74 9565 2987-3005 uAcucuGcucuAuGccAGGTsT 1007 CCUGGcAuAGAGcAGAGuATsT 1008 AD- 49 9691 2998-3016 AUGCCAGGCUGUGCUAGCATT 1009 UGCUAGCACAGCCUGGCAUTT 1010 AD- 12 15358 303-3021 AGGCUGUGCUAGCAACACCTT 1011 GGUGUUGCUAGCACAGCCUTT 1012 AD- 24 15359 3006-3024 CUGUGCUAGCAACACCCAATT 1013 UUGGGUGUUGCUAGCACAGTT 1014 AD- 13 15360 3010-3028 GCUAGCAACACCCAAAGGUTT 1015 ACCUUUGGGUGUUGCUAGCTT 1016 AD- 19 15219 3038-3056 GGAGCCAUCACCUAGGACUTT 1017 AGUCCUAGGUGAUGGCUCCTT 1018 AD- 24 15361 3046-3064 CACCUAGGACUGACUCGGCTT 1019 GCCGAGUCAGUCCUAGGUGTT 1020 AD- 36 15273 3051-3069 AGGACUGACUCGGCAGUGUTT 1021 ACACUGCCGAGUCAGUCCGTT 1022 AD- 31 15362 3052-3070 GGACUGACUCGGCAGUGUGTT 1023 CACACUGCCGAGCCAGUCCTT 1024 AD- 20 15192 3074-3092 UGGUGCAUGCACUGUCUCATT 1025 UGAGACAGUGCAUGCACCATT 1026 AD- 19 15256 3080-3098 AUGCACUGUCUCAGCCAACTT 1027 GUUGGCUGAGACAGUGCAUTT 1028 AD- 33 15363 3085-3103 CUGUCUCAGCCAACCCGCUTT 1029 AGCGGGUUGGCUGAGACAGTT 1030 AD- 24 15364 3089-3107 CUCAGCCAACCCGCUCCACTsT 1031 GUGGAGCGGGUUGGCUGAGTsT 1032 AD- 35 49 9604 3089-3107 cucAGccAAcccGcuccAcTsT 1033 GUGGAGCGGGUUGGCUGAGTsT 1034 AD- 85 9730 3093-3111 GCCAACCCGCUCCACUACCTsT 1035 GGUAGUGGAGCGGGUUGGCTsT 1036 AD- 45 9527 3093-3111 GccAAcccGcuccAcuAccTsT 1037 GGuAGUGGAGCGGGUUGGCTsT 1038 AD- 86 9653 3096-3114 AACCCGCUCCACUACCCGGTT 1039 CCGGGUAGUGGAGCGGGUUTT 1040 AD- 62 15365 3099-3117 CCGCUCCACUACCCGGCAGTT 1041 CUGCCGGGUAGUGGAGCGGTT 1042 AD- 30 15294 3107-3125 CUACCCGGCAGGGUACACATT 1043 UGUGUACCCUGCCGGGUAGTT 1044 AD- 12 15173 3108-3126 UACCCGGCAGGGUACACAUTT 1045 AUGUGUACCCUGCCGGGUATT 1046 AD- 21 15366 3109-3127 ACCCGGCAGGGUACACAUUTT 1047 AAUGUGUACCCUGCCGGGUTT 1048 AD- 11 15367 3110-3128 CCCGGCAGGGUACACAUUCTT 1049 GAAUGUGUACCCUGCCGGGTT 1050 AD- 18 15257 3112-3139 CGGCAGGGUACACAUUCGCTT 1051 GCGAAUGUGUACCCUGCCGTT 1052 AD- 50 15184 3114-3132 GCAGGGUACACAUUCGCACTT 1053 GUGCGAAUGUGUACCCUGCTT 1054 AD- 12 15185 3115-3133 CAGGGUACACAUUCGCACCTT 1055 GGUGCGAAUGUGUACCCUGTT 1056 AD- 73 15258 3116-3134 AGGGUACACAUUCGCACCCTT 1057 GGGUGCGAAUGUGUACCCUTT 1058 AD- 36 15186 3196-3214 GGAACUGAGCCAGAAACGCTT 1059 GCGUUUCUGGCUCAGUUCCTT 1060 AD- 19 15274 3197-3215 GAACUGAGCCAGAAACGCATT 1061 UGCGUUUCUGGCUCAGUUCTT 1062 AD- 7 15368 3198-3216 AACUGAGCCAGAAACGCAGTT 1063 CUGCGUUUCUGGCUCAGUUTT 1064 AD- 17 15369 3201-3219 UGACCCAGAAACGCAGAUUTT 1065 AAUCUGCGUUUCUGGCUCATT 1066 AD- 19 15370 3207-3225 AGAAACGCAGAUUGGGCUGTT 1067 CAGCCCAAUCUGCGUUUCUTT 1068 AD- 38 15259 3210-3228 AACGCAGAUUGGGCUGGCUTT 1069 AGCCAGCCCAAUCUGCGUUTT 1070 AD- 52 15408 3233-3251 AGCCAAGCCUCUUCUUACUTsT 1071 AGUAAGAAGAGGCUUGGCUTsT 1072 AD- 23 21 0.04 9597 3233-3251 AGccAAGccucuucuuAcuTsT 1073 AGuAAGAAGAGGCUUGGCUTsT 1073 AD- 12 26 9723 3233-3251 AfgCfcAfuGfcCfuCfuUfcUfuAfcUfTsT 1075 p-aGfuAfaGfaAfgAfgGfcUfuGfgCfuTsT 1075 AD- 15 14680 3233-3251 AGCfCfAAGCfCfUfCfUfUfCfUfUfACfUfTsT 1077 AGUfAAGAAGAGGCfUfUfGGCfUfTsT 1078 AD- 18 14690 3233-3251 AgCcAaGcCuCuUcUuAcUTsT 1079 p-aGfuAfaGfaAfgAfgGfcUfcGfgCfuTsT 1080 AD- 15 14700 3233-3251 AgCcAaGcCuCuUcUuAcUTsT 1081 AGUfAAGAAGAGGCfUfCfGGCfUfTsT 1082 AD- 15 14710 3233-3251 AfgCfcAfuGfcCfuCfuUfcUfuAfcUfTsT 1083 AGUAAgaAGagGCUUGgcuTsT 1084 AD- 18 14720 3233-3251 AGCfCfAAGCfCfUfCfUfUfCfUfUfACfUfTsT 1085 AGUAAgaAGaGGCUUGgcuTsT 1086 AD- 18 14730 3233-3251 AgCcAaGcCuCuUcUuAcUTsT 1087 AGUAAgaAGagGCUUGgcaTsT 1088 AD- 17 14740 3233-3251 UfgGfuUfcCfcUfgAfgGfaCfcAfgCfTsT 1089 p-gCfuGfgUfcCfuCfuGfgGfaAfcCfaTsT 1090 AD- 85 15086 3233-3251 UfGGUfUfCfCfCfUfGAGGACfCfAGCfTsT 1091 GCfUfGGUfCfCfUfCfAGGGAACfCfATsT 1092 AD- 70 15096 3233-3251 UgGuUcCcUgAgGaCcAgCTsT 1093 p-gCfugFGuFcCfuCfaGfgGfaAfcCfaTsT 1094 AD- 71 15106 3233-3251 UgGuUcCcUgAgGuCcAgCTsT 1095 GCfUfGGUfCfCfUfCfAGGGAACfCfATsT 1096 AD- 73 15116 3233-3251 UfgGfuUfcCfcUfgAfgGfaCfcAfgCfTsT 1097 GCUGGucCUcuGGGAAccaTsT 1098 AD- 71 15126 3233-3251 UfGGUfUfCfCfCfUfGAGGACfCfAGCfTsT 1099 GCUGGucCUcaGGGAAccaTsT 1100 AD- 56 15136 3233-3251 UgGuUcCcUgAgGaCcAgCTsT 1101 GCUGGucCUcaGGGAAccaTsT 1102 AD- 72 15146 3242-3260 UCUUCUUACUUCACCCGGCTT 1103 GCCGGGUGAAGUAAGAAGATT 1104 AD- 79 15260 3243-3261 CUUCUUACUUCACCCGGCUTT 1105 AGCCGGGUGAAGUAAGAAGTT 1106 AD- 24 15371 3244-3262 UUCUUACUUCACCCGGCUGTT 1107 CAGCCGGGUGAAGUAAGAATT 1108 AD- 52 15372 3262-3280 GGGCUCCUCAUUUUUACGGTT 1109 CCGUAAAAAUGAGGAGCCCTT 1110 AD- 27 15172 3263-3281 GGCUCCUCAUUUUUACGGGTT 1111 CCCGUAAAAAUGAGGAGCCTT 1112 AD- 22 15295 3264-3282 GCUCCUCAUUUUUACGGGUTT 1113 ACCCGUAAAAAUGAGGAGCTT 1114 AD- 11 15373 3263-3283 CUCCUCAUUUUUACGGGUATT 1115 UACCCGUAAAAAUGAGGAGTT 1116 AD- 18 15163 3266-3284 UCCUCAUUUUUACGGGUAATT 1117 UUACCCGUAAAAAUGAGGATT 1118 AD- 13 15165 3267-3285 CCUCAUUUUUACGGGUAACTT 1119 GUUACCCGGAAAAAUGAGGTT 1120 AD- 23 15374 3268-3286 CUCAUUUUUACGGGUAACATT 1121 UGUUACCCGUAAAAAUGAGTT 1122 AD- 13 15296 3270-3288 CAUUUUUACGGGUAACAGUTT 1123 ACUGUUACCCGUAAAAAUGTT 1124 AD- 20 15261 3271-3289 AUUUUUACGGGUAACAGUGTT 1125 CACUGUUACCCGUAAAAAUTT 1126 AD- 90 15375 3274-3292 UUUACGGGUAACAGUGAGGTT 1127 CCUCACUGUUACCCGUAAATT 1128 AD- 72 15262 3308-3326 CAGACCAGGAAGCUCGGUGTT 1129 CACCGAGCUUCCUGGUCUGTT 1130 AD- 14 15376 3310-3328 GACCAGGAAGCUCGGUGAGTT 1131 CUCACCGAGCUUCCUGGUCTT 1132 AD- 19 15377 3312-3330 CCAGGAAGCUCGGUGAGUGTT 1133 CACUCACCGAGCUUCCUGGTT 1134 AD- 17 15409 3315-3333 GGAAGCUCGGUGAGUGAUGTT 1135 CAUCACUCACCGAGCUUCCTT 1136 AD- 18 15378 3324-3342 GUGAGUGAUGGCAGAACGATT 1137 UCGUUCUGCCAUCACUCACTT 1138 AD- 8 15410 3326-3344 GAGUGAUGGCAGAACGAUGTT 1139 CAUCGUUCUGCCAUCACUCTT 1140 AD- 11 15379 3330-3348 GAUGGCAGAACGAUGCCUGTT 1141 CAGGCAUCGUUCUGCCAUCTT 1142 AD- 36 15187 3336-3354 AGAACGAUGCCUGCAGGCATT 1143 UGCCUGCAGGCAUCGUUCUTT 1144 AD- 18 15263 3339-3357 ACGAUGCCUGCAGGCAUGGTT 1145 CCAUGCCUGCAGGCAUCGUTT 1146 AD- 75 15264 3348-3366 GCAGGCAUGGAACUUUUUCTT 1147 GAAAAAGUUCCAUGCCUGCTT 1148 AD- 21 15297 3356-3374 GGAACUUUUUCCGUUAUCATT 1149 UGAUAACGGAAAAAGUUCCTT 1150 AD- 6 15208 3357-3375 GAACUUUUUCCGUUAUCACTT 1151 GUGAGAACGGAAAAAGUUCTT 1152 AD- 28 15209 3358-3376 AACUUUUUCCGUUAUCACCTT 1153 GGUGAUAACGGAAAAAGUUTT 1154 AD- 131 15193 3370-3388 UAUCACCCAGGCCUGAUUCTT 1155 GAAUCAGGCCUGGGUGAUATT 1156 AD- 88 15380 3378-3396 AGGCCUGAUUCACUGGCCUTT 1157 AGGCCAGUGAAUCAGGCCUTT 1158 AD- 43 15298 3383-3401 UGAUUCACUGGCCUGGCGGTT 1159 CCGCCAGGCCAGUGAAUCATT 1160 AD- 99 15299 3385-3403 AUUCACUGGCCUGGCGGAGTT 1161 CUCCGCCAGGCCAGUGAAUTT 1162 AD- 95 15265 3406-3424 GCUUCUAAGGCAUGGUCGGTT 1163 CCGACCAUGCCUUAGAAGCTT 1164 AD- 18 15381 3407-3425 CUUCUAAGGCAUGGUCGGGTT 1165 CCCGACCAUGCCUUAGAAGTT 1166 AD- 40 15210 3429-3447 GAGGGCCAACAACUGUCCCTT 1167 GGGACAGUCGUUGGCCCUCTT 1168 AD- 83 15270 3440-3458 ACUGUCCCUCCUUGAGCACTsT 1169 GUGCUCAAGGAGGGACAGUTsT 1170 AD- 75 95 9591 3440-3458 AcuGucccuccuuGAGcAcTsT 1171 GUGCUcAAGGAGGGAcAGUTsT 1172 AD- 105 9717 3441-3459 CUGUCCCUCCUUGAGCACCTsT 1173 GGUGCUCAAGGAGGGACAGTsT 1174 AD- 94 9622 3441-3459 cuGucccuccuuGAGcAccTsT 1175 GGUGCUcAAGGAGGGAcAGTsT 1176 AD- 103 9748 3480-3498 ACAUUUAUCUUUUGGGUCUTsT 1177 AGACCAAAGAUAAAUGUTsT 1178 AD- 63 49 9587 3480-3498 AcAuuuAucuuuuGGGucuTsT 1179 AGACCcAAAAGAuAAAUGUTsT 1180 AD- 22 25 9713 3480-3498 AfcAfuUfuAfuCfuUfuUfgGfgUfcUfTsT 1181 p-aGfuCfcCfaAfaAfgAfuAfaAfuGfuTsT 1182 AD- 19 14679 3480-3498 ACfAUfUfUfAUfCfUfUfCfUfGGGUfCfUfTs 1183 AGACfCfCfAAAAGAUfAAAfGUfTsT 1184 AD- 24 T 14689 3480-3498 AcAuUuAuCaUuUgGgUcUTsT 1185 p-aGfaCfcCfaAfaAfgAfuAfaAfuGfuTsT 1186 AD- 19 14699 3480-3498 AcAuUuAuCcUuUgGgUcUTsT 1187 AGACfCfCfAAAAGAUfAAAUfGUTsT 1188 AD- 21 14709 3480-3498 AfcAfuUfuAfuDfuUfuUfgGfgUfcUfTsT 1189 AGACCcaAAagAUAAAuguTsT 1190 AD- 24 14719 3480-3498 ACfAUfUfUfAUfCfUfUfCfUfGGGUfCfUfTs 1191 AGACCcaAAagAUAAAuguTsT 1192 AD- 23 T 14729 3480-3498 AcAuUuAuCuUuUgGgUcUTsT 1193 AGACCcaAAagAUAAAuguTsT 1194 AD- 24 14739 3480-3498 GfcCfaUfcUfgCfuGfcCfgGfaGfcCfTsT 1195 p-gGfcUfcCfgGfcAfgCfuGfaUfggfcTsT 1196 AD- 74 15085 3480-3498 GCfCfAUfCfUfGCfUfGCfCfGGAGCfCfTsT 1197 GGCfUfCfCfGGCTAGCTAGAUfGGCfTsT 1198 AD- 60 15095 3480-3498 GcCaUcGgCuGcCgGaGcCTsT 1199 p-gGfcUfcCfgGfcAfgCfuGfaUfggfcTsT 1200 AD- 33 15105 3480-3498 GcCaUcUgCuGuCgGaGcCTsT 1201 GGCfUfCfCfGGCfAGCfAGAUfGGCfTsT 1202 AD- 30 15115 3480-3498 GfcCfaUfcUfgCfuGfcCfgGfaGfcCfTsT 1203 GGCUCauGCagCAGAUggcTsT 1204 AD- 54 15125 3480-3498 GCfCfAUfCfUfGCfUfGCfCfGGAGCfCfTsT 1205 GGCGCauGCagCAGAUggcTsT 1206 AD- 51 15135 3480-3498 GcCaUcUgCuGcCgGaGcCTsT 1207 GGCUCauGCagCAGAUggcTsT 1208 AD- 49 15145 3481-3499 CAUUUAUCUUUUGGGUCUGTsT 1209 CAGACCCAAAAGAUAAAUGTsT 1210 AD- 49 61 9578 3481-3499 cAuuuAucuuuuGGGuuuGTsT 1211 cAGACCcAAAAGAuAAAUGTsT 1212 AD- 111 9704 3485-3403 UAUCUUUUGGGUCUGUCCUTsT 1213 AGGACAGACCCAAAAGAUATsT 1214 AD- 66 9558 3485-3503 uAucuuuuGGGucuGuccuTsT 1215 AGGAcAGACCcAAAAGAuATsT 1216 AD- 63 9684 3504-3522 CUCUGUUGCCUUUUUACAGTsT 1217 CUGUAAAAAGGCAACAGAGTsT 1218 AD- 29 30 9634 3504-3522 cucuGuuGccuuuuuuAcAGTsT 1219 CUGuAAAAAGGcAAcAGAGTsT 1220 AD- 14 27 9760 3512-3530 CCUUUUUACAGCCAACUUUTT 1221 AAAGUUGGCUGUAAAAAGGTT 1222 AD- 5 15411 3521-3539 AGCCAACUUUUCUAGACCUTT 1223 AGGUCCAGAAAAGUUGGCUTT 1224 AD- 23 15266 3526-3544 ACUUUUCUAGACCUGUUUUTT 1225 AAAACAGGUCUAGAAAAGUTT 1226 AD- 12 15382 3530-3548 UUCUAGACCUGUUUUGCUUTsT 1227 AAGCAAAACAGGUCUAGAATsT 1228 AD- 23 24 9554 3530-3548 uucuAGAccuGuuuuGcuuTsT 1229 AAGcAAAACcGGUCuAGAATsT 1230 AD- 12 22 0.10 0.10 9680 3530-3548 UfuCfuAfgAfcCfuGfuUfuGfgCfuGfTsT 1231 p-aAfgCfaafaafcAfgGfuCfuAfgAfaTsT 1232 AD- 12 14676 3530-3548 UfCfCfUfAGACfCfUfGUfUfUfUfGCfUfUTTs 1233 AAGTAAAACfAGGUfCfUfAGAATsT 1234 AD- 13 T 14686 3530-3548 UuCuAgAcCuGcUuUgCuUTsT 1235 p-aAfgCfaAfaAfcAfgGfaCfcAfgAfaTsT 1236 AD- 12 14696 3530-3548 UuCuAgAcCuGuUuUgCuUTsT 1237 AAGCfAAAACfAGGUfCfUfAGAATsT 1238 AD- 18 14706 3530-3548 UfuCfuAfgAfcCfuGfuUfaUfTCfuUTTsT 1239 AAGcAaaACagGUCUAgaaTsT 1240 AD- 17 14716 3530-3548 UfUfCfUfAGACfCfUfGUfUfUfUfGCfUfUTTs 1241 AAGcAaaACagGUCUAgaaTsT 1242 AD- 16 T 14726 3530-3548 UuCuAgAcCuGcUuUgCuUTsT 1243 AAGcAaaACagGUCUAgaaTsT 1244 AD- 9 14736 3530-3548 CfaUfaGfgCfcUfgGfaGfcUfaAfuCTTsT 1245 p-aAfuAfaAfcUfcCfaFfgCfcUfaUfgTsT 1246 AD- 27 15082 3530-3548 CfAUfAGGCfCfUfGGAGUfUfUfACfUTTsT 1247 AAUfAAACfUfCfCfAGGCfCfUTAUfGTsT 1248 AD- 28 15092 3530-3548 CaUaGgCcUgGaGuUuAuUTsT 1249 p-aAfcAfaAfcUfcCfaGfgCfcUfaCfgTsT 1250 AD- 19 15102 3530-3548 CaUaGgCcUgGaGuUcAuUTsT 1251 AAUfAAACfUfCTCfAGGCfCTUfAUTGTsT 1252 AD- 17 15112 3530-3548 CfaUfaGfgCfcUfgGfaGfcUfuAfuUfTsT 1253 AAUAAacCCcaGGCCUaugTsT 1254 AD- 56 15122 3530-3548 CfAUfAGGCfCfUfGGAGUfUfUfACfUTTsT 1255 AAUAAucUCcaGGCCUaugTsT 1256 AD- 39 15132 3530-3548 CaUaGgCcUgGaGuUuAuUTsT 1257 AAUAAacUCcaGGCCCaugTsT 1258 AD- 46 15142 3531-3549 UCUAGACCUGUUUUGCUUUTsT 1259 AAAGCAAAACAGGUCUAGATsT 1260 AD- 27 22 0.02 9553 3531-3549 ucuAGAccuGuuuuGccuuTsT 1261 AAAGcAAAAcAGGUCuAGATsT 1262 AD- 17 21 9679 3531-3549 UfcUfaGfaCfcUfgUfuUfuGfcUfuUfTsT 1263 p-aAfaGfcAfaAfaCfaGfgUfcUfaGfaTsT 1264 AD- 11 14675 3531-3549 UfCfUfAGACfCfUfGUfUfGfUfGCfUfUfUfTs 1265 AAAGCfAAAACfAGGUfCfUfAGATsT 1266 AD- 19 T 14685 3531-3549 UcUaGaCcUgUuUuGcUuUTsT 1267 p-aAfaGfcAfaAfaCfaGfgUfcUfaGfaTsT 1268 AD- 12 14695 3531-3549 UcUaGaCcUgUuUuGcUuUTsT 1269 AAAGCfAAAACfAGGUfCfUfAGATsT 1270 AD- 16 14705 3531-3549 UfcUfaGfaCfcUfgUfuUfuGfcUfaUfTsT 1271 AAAGCaaAAcaGGUCUaGATsT 1272 AD- 19 14715 3531-3549 UfCfUfAGACfCfUfGUfUfUfUfGCfUfUfUfTs 1273 AAAGCaaAAcaGGUCUagaTsT 1274 AD- 19 T 14725 3531-3549 UcUaGaCcUgUuUuGcUuUTsT 1275 AAAGCaaAAcuGGUCUagaTsT 1276 AD- 19 14735 3531-3549 UfcAfuAfgGfccfuGfgAfgUfuUfaUTTsT 1277 p-aUfaAfaCfuCfcAfgGfcCfuAfuGfaTsT 1278 AD- 30 15081 3531-3549 UfCfAUfAGGCfCfUfGGAGUfUfUfAUfTsT 1279 AUfAAACfUfCfCfAGGCfCfUfAUfGATsT 1280 AD- 16 15091 3531-3549 UcAuAgGcCuGgAgUuUaUTsT 1281 p-aUfAAfaCfuCfcAfgGfcCfuAgcGfuTsT 1282 AD- 16 15101 3531-3549 UcAuAgGcCuGgAgUuUaUTsT 1283 AUfAAAcFufCfCtAGGCfCfUfAUfGATsT 1284 AD- 11 15111 3531-3549 UfcAfuAfgGfcCfuGfgAfgUfaUfAUfTsT 1285 AUAAAcuCCagGCCUAugaTsT 1286 AD- 19 15121 3531-3549 UfCfAUfAGGCfCfUfGGAGUfUfUTAUfTsT 1287 AUAAAcuCCagGCCUAugaTsT 1288 AD- 17 15131 3531-3549 UcAuAgGcCuGgAgUuUaUTsT 1289 AUAAAcuCCagGCCUAugaTsT 1290 AD- 18 15141 3557-3575 UGAAGAUAUUUAGUCCGGGTsT 1291 CCCAGAAUAAAUAUCUUCATsT 1292 AD- 97 68 9626 3557-3575 uGAAGAuAuuuAuuuuGGGTsT 1293 CCcAGAAuAAAuAUCUUcATsT 1294 AD- 28 33 9752 3570-3588 UCUGGGUUUUGUAGCAGUUTsT 1295 AAAUGCUACAAAACCCAGATsT 1296 AD- 23 24 9629 3570-3588 ucuGGGuuuuGuAGcAuuuTsT 1297 AAAUGCuAcAAAACCcAGATsT 1298 AD- 28 29 9755 3613-3631 AUAAAAACAAACAAACGUUTT 1299 AACGUUUGUUUGUUUUUAUTT 1300 AD- 21 15412 3677-3635 AAACAAACAAACGUUGUCCTT 1301 GGACAACGUUUGUUUGUUUTT 1302 AD- 73 15211 3618-3636 AACAAACAAACGUUGUCCUTT 1303 AGGACAACGUUGUUUGUUTT 1304 AD- 41 15300 ¹U, C, A, G: corresponding ribonucleotide; T: deoxythynidine; u, c, a, g: corresponding 2′-O-methyl ribonucleotide; Uf, Cf, Af, Gf: corresponding 2′-deoxy-2′fluoro ribonucleotide; where nucleotides are written in sequence, they are connected by 3′-5′ phosophodiester groups; nucleotides with interjected “s” are connected by 3′-O-5′-O phosphorothiodiester groups; unless denoted by prefix “p”, # oligonucleotides are devoid of a 5′-phosphate group on the 5′-most nucleotide; all oligonucleotides bear 3′-OH on the 3′-most nucleotide

TABLE 2 Remaining mRNA in % of controls SEQ SEQ at siRNA Duplex ID Antisense-strand ID conc. of 30 number Sense strand sequence (5′-3′) NO: sequence (5′-3′) NO: nM AD-10792 GccuGGAGuuuAuucGGATTsT 1305 UUCCAAuAAACUCcAGGCTsT 1306 15 AD-10793 GccuGGAGuuuAuucGGAATsT 1307 uUcCGAAuAAACUccAGGCTsT 1308 32 AD-10796 GccuGGAGuuuAuucGGAATsT 1309 UUCCGAAUAAACUCCAGGCTsT 1310 13 AD-12038 GccuGGAGuuuAuucGGAATsT 1311 uUCCGAAUAAACUCCAGGCTsT 1312 13 AD-12039 GccuGGAGuuuAuucGGAATsT 1313 UuCCGAAUAAACUCCAGGCTsT 1314 29 AD-12040 GccuGGAGuuuAuucGGAATsT 1315 UUcCGAAUAAACUCCAGGCTsT 1316 10 AD-12041 GccuGGAGuuuAuucGGAATsT 1317 UUCcGAAUAAACUCCAGGCTsT 1318 11 AD-12042 GCCUGGAGUUUAUUCGGAATsT 1319 uUCCGAAUAAACUCCAGGCTsT 1320 12 AD-12043 GCCUGGAGUUUAUUCGGAATsT 1321 UuCCGAAUAAACUCCAGGCTsT 1322 13 AD-12044 GCCUGGAGUUUAUUCGGAATsT 1323 UUcCGAAUAAACUCCAGGCTsT 1324 7 AD-12045 GCCUGGAGUUUAUUCGGAATsT 1325 UUCcGAAUAAACUCCAGGCTsT 1326 8 AD-12046 GccuGGAGuuuAuucGGAA 1327 UUCCGAAUAAACUCCAGGCscsu 1328 13 AD-12047 GccuGGAGuuuAuucGGAAA 1329 UUUCCGAAUAAACUCCAGGCscsu 1330 17 AD-12048 GccuGGAGuuuAuucGGAAAA 1331 UUUUCCGAAUAAACUCCAGGCscsu 1332 43 AD-12049 GccuGGAGuuuAuucGGAAAAG 1333 CUUUUCCGAAUAAACUCCAGGCscsu 1334 34 AD-12050 GccuGGAGuuuAuucGGAATTab 1335 UUCCGAAUAAACUCCAGGCTTab 1336 16 AD-12051 GccuGGAGuuuAuucGGAAATTab 1337 UUUCCGAAuAAACUCCAGGCTTab 1338 31 AD-12052 GccuGGAGuuuAuucGGAAAATTab 1339 UUUUCCGAAUAAACUCCAGGCTTab 1340 81 AD-12053 GccuGGAGuuuAuucGGAAAAGTTab 1341 CUUUUCCGAAUAAACUCCAGGCTTab 1342 46 AD-12054 GCCUGGAGUUUAUUCGGAATsT 1343 UUCCGAAUAAACUCCAGGCscsu 1344 8 AD-12055 GccuGGAGuuuAuucGGAATsT 1345 UUCCGAAUAAACUCCAGGCscsu 1346 13 AD-12056 GcCuGgAgUuUaUuCgGaA 1347 UUCCGAAUAAACUCCAGGCTTab 1348 11 AD-12057 GcCuGgAgUuUaUuCgGaA 1349 UUCCGAAUAAACUCCAGGCTsT 1350 8 AD-12058 GcCuGgAgUuUaUuCgGaA 1351 UUCCGAAuAAACUCcAGGCTsT 1352 9 AD-12059 GcCuGgAgUuUaUuCgGaA 1353 uUcCGAAuAAACUccAGGCTsT 1354 23 AD-12060 GcCuGgAgUuUaUuCgGaA 1355 UUCCGaaUAaaCUCCAggc 1356 10 AD-12061 GcCuGgnAgUuUaUuCgGaATsT 1357 UUCCGaaUAaaCUCCAggcTsT 1358 7 AD-12062 GcCuGgAgUuUaUuCgGaATTab 1359 UUCCGaaUAaaCUCCAggcTTab 1360 10 AD-12063 GcCuGgAgUuUaUuCgGaA 1361 UUCCGaaUAaaCUCCAggcscsa 1362 19 AD-12064 GcCuGgnAgUuUaUuCgGaATsT 1363 UUCCGAAuAAACUCcAGGCTsT 1364 15 AD-12065 GcCuGgAgUuUaUuCgGaATTab 1365 UUCCGAAuAAACUCcAGGCTTab 1366 16 AD-12066 GcCuGgAgUuUaUuCgGaA 1367 UUCCGAAuAAACUCcAGGCscsu 1368 20 AD-12067 GcCuGgnAgUuUaUuCgGaATsT 1369 UUCCGAAUAAACUCCAGGCTsT 1370 17 AD-12068 GcCuGgAgUuUaUuCgGaATTab 1371 UUCCGAAUAAACUCCAGGCTTab 1372 18 AD-12069 GcCuGgAgUuUaUuCgGaA 1373 UUCCGAAUAAACUCCAGGCscsu 1374 13 AD-12338 GfcCfuGfgAfgUfuUfaUfuCfgGfaAf 1375 P-uUfcCfgAfaUfaAfaCfuCfcAfgGfc 1376 15 AD-12339 GcCuGgAgUuUaUuCgGaA 1377 P-uUfcCfgAfaUfaAfaCfuCfcAfgGfc 1378 14 AD-12340 GccuGGAGuuuAuucGGAA 1379 P-uUfcCfgAfaUfaAfaCfuCfcAfgGfc 1380 19 AD-12341 GfcCfuGfgAfgUfuUfaUfuCfgGfaAfTsT 1381 P-uUfcCfgAfaUfaAfaCfuCfcAfgGfc 1382 12 TsT AD-12342 GfcCfuGfgAfgUfuUfaUfuCfgGfaAfTsT 1383 UUCCGAAuAAACUCcAGGCTsT 1384 13 AD-12343 GfcCfuGfgAfgUfuUfaUfuCfgGfaAfTsT 1385 uUcCGAAuAAACUccAGGCTsT 1386 24 AD-12344 GfcCfuGfgAfgUfuUfaUfuCfgGfaAfTsT 1387 UUCCGAAUAAACUCCAGGCTsT 1388 9 AD-12345 GfcCfuGfgAfgUfuUfaUfuCfgGfaAfTsT 1389 UUCCGAAUAAACUCCAGGCscsu 1390 12 AD-12346 GfcCfuGfgAfgUfuUfaUfuCfgGfaAfTsT 1391 UUCCGaaUAaaCUCCAggcscsu 1392 13 AD-12347 GCCUGGAGUUUAUUCGGAATsT 1393 P-uUfcCfgAgaUfaAfaCfuCfcAfgGfc 1394 11 TsT AD-12348 GccuGGAGuuuAuucGGAATsT 1395 P-uUfcCfgAgaUfaAfaCfuCfcAfgGfc 1396 8 TsT AD-12349 GcCuGgnAgUuUaUuCgGaATsT 1397 P-uUfcCfgAgaUfaAfaCfuCfcAfgGfc 1398 11 TsT AD-12350 GfcCfuGfgAfgUfuUfaUfuCfgGfaAfTTab 1399 P-uUfcCfgAgaUfaAfaCfuCfcAfgGfc 1400 17 TTab AD-12351 GfcCfuGfgAfgUfuUfaUfuCfgGfaAf 1401 P-uUfcCfgAgaUfaAfaCfuCfcAfgGfcs 1402 11 Cfsu AD-12352 GfcCfuGfgAfgUfuUfaUfuCfgGfaAf 1403 UUCCGaaUAaaCUCCAggcscsu 1404 11 AD-12354 GfcCfuGfgAfgUfuUfaUfuCfgGfaAf 1405 UUCCGAAUAAACUCCAGGCscsu 1406 11 AD-12355 GfcCfuGfgAfgUfuUfaUfuCfgGfaAf 1407 UUCCGAAuAAACUCcAGGCTsT 1408 9 AD-12356 GfcCfuGfgAfgUfuUfaUfuCfgGfaAf 1409 uUcCGAAuAAACUccAGGCTsT 1410 25 AD-12357 GmocCmouGmogAm02gUmouUmoaUmouCmogGmoaA 1411 UUCCGaaUAaaCUCCAggc 1412 56 AD-12358 GmocCmouGmogAm02gUmouUmoaUmouCmogGmoaA 1413 P-uUfcCfgAfaUfaAfaCfuCfcAfgGfc 1414 29 AD-12359 GmocCmouGmogAm02gUmouUmoaUmouCmogGmoaA 1415 P-uUfcCfgAfaUfaAfaCfuCfcAfgGfcs 1416 30 Cfsu AD-12360 GmocCmouGmogAm02gUmouUmoaUmouCmogGmoaA 1417 UUCCGAAUAAACUCCAGGCscsu 1418 15 AD-12361 GmocCmouGmogAm02gUmouUmoaUmouCmogGmoaA 1419 UUCCGAAuAAACUCcAGGCTsT 1420 20 AD-12362 GmocCmouGmogAm02gUmouUmoaUmouCmogGmoaA 1421 uUcCGAAuAAACUccAGGCTsT 1422 51 AD-12365 GmocCmouGmogAm02gUmouUmoaUmouCmogGmoaA 1423 UUCCGaaUAaaCUCCAggcscsu 1424 11 AD-12364 GmocCmouGmogAmogUmouUmoaUmonCmogGmonATsT 1425 UUCCGaaUAaaCUCCAggcTsT 1426 25 AD-12365 GmocCmouGmogAmogUmouUmoaUmouCmogGmonATsT 1427 UUCCGAAuAAACUCcAGGCTsT 1428 18 AD-12366 GmocCmouGmogAmogUmouUmoaUmouCmogGmonATsT 1429 UUCCGAAUAAACUCCAGGCTsT 1430 23 AD-12367 GmocmocmouGGAGmoumoumouAmoumoumocGGAATsT 1431 UUCCGaaUAaaCUCCAggcTsT 1432 42 AD-12368 GmocmocmouGGAGmoumoumonAmoumoumocGGAATsT 1433 UUCCGAAuAAACUCcAGGCTsT 1434 40 AD-12369 GmocmocmouGGAGmoumoumouAmoumoumocGGAATsT 1435 UUCCGAAUAAACUCCAGGCTsT 1436 26 AD-12370 GmocmocmouGGAGmoumoumouAmoumoumocGGAATsT 1437 P-UfUfCfCfGAAUfAAACfUfCfCfAGGCf 1438 68 TsT AD-12371 GmocmocmouGGAGmoumoumouAmoumoumocGGAATsT 1439 P-UfUfCfCfGAAUfAAACfUfCfCfAGGCfs 1440 60 CfsUf AD-12372 GmocmocmouGGAGmoumoumonAmoumoumocGGAATsT 1441 P-uUfcCfgAfaUfaAfaCfuCfcAfgGfcs 1442 60 Cfsu AD-12373 GmocmocmouGGAGmoumoumouAmoumoumocGGAATsT 1443 UUCCGAAUAAACUCCAGGCTsT 1444 55 AD-12374 GCfCfUfGGAGUfUfUfAUfUfCfGGAATsT 1445 UfUfCfCfGAAUfAAACfUfCfCfAGGCfTsT 1446 9 AD-12375 GCfCfUfGGAGUfUfUfAUfUfCfGGAATsT 1447 UUCCGAAUAAACUCCAGGCTsT 1448 16 AD-12377 GCfCfUfGGAGUfUfUfAUfUfCfGGAATsT 1449 uUcCGAAuAAACUccAGGCTsT 1450 88 AD-12378 GCfCfUfGGAGUfUfUfAUfUfCfGGAATsT 1451 UUCCGaaUAaaCUCCAggcscsu 1452 6 AD-12379 GCfCfUfGGAGUfUfUfAUfUfCfGGAATsT 1453 UUCCGAAUAAACUCCAGGCscsu 1454 6 AD-12380 GCfCfUfGGAGUfUfUfAUfUfCfGGAATsT 1455 P-uUfcCfgAfaUfaAfaCfuCfcAfgGfcs 1456 8 Cfsu AD-12381 GCfCfUfGGAGUfUfUfAUfUfCfGGAATsT 1457 P-uUfcCfgAfaUfaAfaCfuCfcAfgGfc 1458 10 TsT AD-12382 GCfCfUfGGAGUfUfUfAUfUfCfGGAATsT 1459 P-UfUfCfCfGAAUfAAACfUfCfCfAGGCf 1460 7 TsT AD-12383 GCCUGGAGUUUAUUCGGAATsT 1461 P-UfUfCfCfGAAUfAAACfUfCfCfAGGCf 1462 7 TsT AD-12384 GccuGGAGuuuAuucGGAATsT 1463 P-UfUfCfCfGAAUfAAACfUfCfCfAGGCf 1464 8 TsT AD-12385 GcCuGgnAgUuUaUuCgGaATsT 1465 P-UfUfCfCfGAAUfAAACfUfCfCfAGGCf 146 8 TsT AD-12386 GfcCfuGfgAfgUfuUfaUfuCfuGfaAf 1467 P-UfUfCfCfGAAUfAAACfUfCfCfAGGCf 1468 11 TsT AD-12387 GCfCfUfGGAGGUfUfUfAUfUfCfGGAA 1469 UfUfCfCfGAAUfAAACfUfCfCfAGGCfs 1470 13 CfsUf AD-12388 GCfCfUfGGAGGUfUfUfAUfUfCfGGAA 1471 P-uUfcCfgAfaUfaAfaCfuCgcAfgGfc 1472 19 AD-12389 GCfCfUfGGAGGUfUfUfAUfUfCfGGAA 1473 P-uUfcCfgAfaUfaAfaCfuCgcAfgGfcs 1474 16 Cfsu AD-12390 GCfCfUfGGAGGUfUfUfAUfUfCfGGAA 1475 UUCCGAAUAAACUCCAGGCscsu 1476 17 AD-12391 GCfCfUfGGAGGUfUfUfAUfUfCfGGAA 1477 UUCCGaaUAaaCUCCAggc 1478 21 AD-12392 GCfCfUfGGAGGUfUfUfAUfUfCfGGAA 1479 UUCCGAAUAAACUCCAGGCTsT 1480 28 AD-12393 GCfCfUfGGAGGUfUfUfAUfUfCfGGAA 1481 UUCCGAAuAAACUCcAGGCTsT 1482 17 AD-12394 GCfCfUfGGAGGUfUfUfAUfUfCfGGAA 1483 uUcCGAAuAAACUccAGGCTsT 1484 75 AD-12395 GmocCmouGmogAmogUmouUmoaUmouCmogGmoaATsT 1485 P-UfUfCfCfGAAUfAAACfUfCfCfAGGCfs 1486 55 CfsUf AD-12396 GmocCmouGmogAm02gUmouUmoaUmouCmogGmoaA 1487 P-UfUfCfCfGAAUfAAACfUfCfCfAGGCfs 1488 59 CfsUf AD-12397 GfcCfuGfgAfgUfuUfaUfuCfgGfaAf 1489 P-UfUfCfCfGAAUfAAACfUfCfCfAGGCfs 1490 20 CfsUf AD-12398 GfcCfuGfgAfgUfuUfaUfuCfgGfaAfTsT 1491 P-UfUfCfCfGAAUfAAACfUfCfCfAGGCfs 1492 11 CfsUf AD-12399 GcCuGgnAgUuUaUuCgGaATsT 1493 P-UfUfCfCfGAAUfAAACfUfCfCfAGGCfs 1494 13 CfsUf AD-12400 GCCUGGAGUUUAUUCGGAATsT 1495 P-UfUfCfCfGAAUfAAACfUfCfCfAGGCfs 1496 12 CfsUf AD-12401 GccuGGAGuuuAuucGGAATsT 1497 P-UfUfCfCfGAAUfAAACfUfCfCfAGGCfs 1498 13 CfsUf AD-12402 GccuGGAGuuuAuucGGAA 1499 P-UfUfCfCfGAAUfAAACfUfCfCfAGGCfs 1500 14 CfsUf AD-12403 GCfCfUfGGAGGUfUfUfAUfUfCfGGAA 1501 P-UfUfCfCfGAAUfAAACfUfCfCfAGGCfs 1502 4 CfsUf AD-9314 GCCUGGAGUUUAUUCGGAATsT 1503 UUCCGAAUAAACUCCAGGCTsT 1504 9 ¹U, C, A, G: corresponding ribonucleotide; T: deoxythymidine; u, c, a, g: corresponding 2′-O-methyl ribonucleotide; Uf, Cf, Af, Gf: corresponding 2′-deoxy-2′-fluoro ribonucleotide; moc, mou, mog, moa: corresponding 2′-MOE nucleotide; where nucleotides are written in sequence, they are connected by 3′-5′ phosphodiester groups; ab: 3′-terminal abasic nucleotide; nucleotides with interjected “s” are connected by 3′-O-5′-O phosphorothiodiester #groups; unless denoted by prefix “p-”, oligonucleotides are devoid of a 5′-phosphate group on the 5′-most nucleotide; all oligonucleotides bear 3′-OH on the 3′-most nucleotide 

1. A double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) for inhibiting the expression of a human PCSK9 gene in a cell, wherein said dsRNA comprises at least two sequences that are complementary to each other and wherein a sense strand comprises a first sequence and an antisense strand comprises a second sequence comprising a region of complementarity which is substantially complementary to at least a part of a mRNA encoding PCSK9, and wherein said, region of complementarity is less than 30 nucleotides in length and wherein said dsRNA, upon contact with a cell expressing said PCSK9, inhibits expression of said PCSK9 gene.
 2. The dsRNA of claim 1, wherein said first sequence is selected from the group consisting of Tables 1 and 2 and said, second sequence is selected from the group consisting of Tables 1 and
 2. 3. The dsRNA of claim 1, wherein said dsRNA comprises at least one modified nucleotide.
 4. The dsRNA of claim 2, wherein said dsRNA comprises at least one modified nucleotide.
 5. The dsRNA of claim 3, wherein said, modified nucleotide is chosen from the group of: a 2′-O-methyl modified nucleotide, a nucleotide comprising a S′-phosphorothioate group, and a terminal nucleotide linked to a cholesteryl derivative of dodecanoic acid bisdecylamide group.
 6. The dsRNA of claim 3> wherein said modified nucleotide is chosen from the group of: a 2′-O-deoxy-2′-fluoro modified nucleotide, a 2′-deoxy-modified nucleotide, a locked nucleotide, an abasic nucleotide, 2′-amino-modified nucleotide, 2′-alkyl-modified nucleotide, morpholino nucleotide, a phosphoramidate, and a non-natural base comprising nucleotide.
 7. The dsRNA of claim 3, wherein said first sequence is selected from the group consisting of Tables 1 and 2 and said second sequence is selected from the group consisting of Tables 1 and 2
 8. The dsRNA of claim 6, wherein said first sequence is selected from the group consisting of Tables 1 and 2, and said second sequence is selected from the group consisting of Tables 1 and
 2. 9. A cell comprising the dsRNA of claim
 1. 10. A pharmaceutical composition for inhibiting the expression of the PCSK9 gene in an organism, comprising a dsRNA and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, wherein the dsRNA comprises at least two sequences that are complementary to each other and wherein a sense strand comprises a first sequence and an antisense strand comprises a second sequence comprising a region of complementarity which is substantially complementary to at least a past of a mRNA encoding PCSK9, and wherein said region of complementarity is less than 30 nucleotides in length and wherein said dsRNA, upon contact with a cell expressing said PCSK9, inhibits expression of said PCSK9 gene.
 11. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 10, wherein said first sequence of said dsRNA is selected from the group consisting of Tables 1 and 2, and said second sequence of said dsRNA is selected from the group consisting of Tables 1 and
 2. 12. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 10, wherein said first sequence of said dsRNA is selected from the group consisting of Tables 1 and 2 and said second sequence of said dsRNA is selected from the group consisting of Tables 1 and
 2. 13. A method for inhibiting the expression of the PCSK9 gene in a cell, the method comprising: (a) introducing into the cell a double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA), wherein the dsRNA comprises at least two sequences that are complementary to each other and wherein a sense strand comprises a first sequence and an antisense strand comprises a second sequence comprising a region of complementarity which is substantially complementary to at least a part, of a mRNA encoding PCSK9, and wherein said region of complementarity is less than 30 nucleotides in length and wherein said dsRNA, upon contact with a cell expressing said PCSK9, inhibits expression of said PCSK9 gene; and (b) maintaining the cell, produced in step (a) for a time sufficient to obtain degradation of the mRNA transcript of the PCSK9 gene, thereby inhibiting expression of the PCSK9 gene in the cell.
 14. A method of treating, preventing or managing pathological processes which can be mediated by down regulating PCSK9 gene expression comprising administering to a patient in need of such treatment, prevention or management a therapeutically or prophylactically effective amount of a dsRNA, wherein the dsRNA comprises at least two sequences that are complementary to each other and wherein a sense strand comprises a first sequence and an antisense strand comprises a second sequence comprising a region of complementarity which is substantially complementary to at least a part of a mRNA encoding PCSK9, and wherein said region of complementarity is less than 30 nucleotides in length and wherein said dsRNA, upon contact with a cell expressing said PCSK9, inhibits expression of said PCSK9 gene.
 15. A vector for inhibiting the expression of the PCSK9 gene in a cell, said vector comprising a regulatory sequence operably linked to a nucleotide sequence that encodes at least one strand of a dsRNA, wherein one of the strands of said dsRNA is substantially complementary to at least a part of a mRNA encoding PCSK9 and wherein said dsRNA is less than 30 base pairs in length and wherein said dsRNA, upon contact with a cell expressing said PCSK9, inhibits the expression of said PCSK9 gene.
 16. A cell comprising the vector of claim
 15. 17. A double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) for reducing the expression level of a human PCSK9 gene in a cell, wherein said dsRNA comprises at least two sequences that are complementary to each other and wherein a sense strand comprises a first sequence and an antisense strand comprises a second sequence comprising a region of complementarity which, is substantially complementary to at least a part of mRNA encoding PCSK9, and wherein said dsRNA, upon contact with a cell expressing said PCSK9, reduces the expression level of said PCSK9 gene.
 18. The dsRNA of claim 17, wherein said contact reduces the expression level of said PCSK9 gene.
 19. The dsRNA of claim 1, wherein said contact is performed in vitro at 30 nM or less.
 20. A pharmaceutical composition for reducing the expression level of the PCSK9 gene in an organism, comprising the dsRNA of claim 17 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
 21. A method of treating a PCSK9 associated disorder comprising administering to a patient in need of such treatment, a therapeutically effective amount of a dsRNA of claim
 17. 22. A method of treating a PCSK9-associated disorder comprising administering to a patient in need of such treatment, a therapeutically effective amount of a dsRNA of claim
 17. 